After having the same config for ten years or so I’m looking to upgrade my (n)vim config. I changed over to init.lua, added lsp and treesitter and it’s awesome. Real big improvement!
I’m still looking for a replacement for my file explorer. I’m using vimfiler/unite.vim at the moment. I like it because it confirms to the vinegar/oil idea.
So I’m looking for a file explorer plugin which opens full window in a buffer, preferably written in lua with the possibility for a tree view and a per-window state so I can toggle it on and off in a window without having to navigate to the same place again. I haven’t found anything matching those criteria at the moment.
For example nvim-tree doesn’t allow for a state per window.
I tried oil.nvim but that doesn’t support a tree view.
Does anyone know of a plugin that satisfies my requirement? If nothing exists I’ll keep using vimfiler but I’m curious to see if anything else exists that implement these features.
Maybe chadtree? I’ve never used it.
I think neo-tree matches your requirements https://github.com/nvim-neo-tree/neo-tree.nvim (There is also a list of file explorer plugins here https://github.com/rockerBOO/awesome-neovim/blob/main/README.md#file-explorer)
Imo a file explorer is overrated for neovim. You usually know your files so I just navigate around with telescope. To create a file or directory i just simply use netrw. Here is a good guide on how to learn that properly: netrw guide. Moving files might be a little annoying so I just use the command line from lua with :!mv …