The latest articles on DEV Community by William Bille Meyling (@willthbill). https://dev.to/willthbill https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F785478%2F2c2aa535-7243-4f8c-b937-ace327c9e83f.png https://dev.to/willthbill en William Bille Meyling Thu, 10 Feb 2022 14:10:36 +0000 https://dev.to/willthbill/my-first-neovim-plugin-openernvim-quickly-open-directoriesfolders-f00 https://dev.to/willthbill/my-first-neovim-plugin-openernvim-quickly-open-directoriesfolders-f00 <p>A very simple yet useful plugin. <a href="https://github.com/willthbill/opener.nvim">Opener.nvim</a> lets you open directories / folders in neovim like in mainstream editors (vscode, atom, ...). Essentially, it changes the cwd (current working directory, like :cd) and clears all buffers, tabs and windows (of course respecting any unsaved buffers). This was you can use the same editor instance for different workspaces / projects / directories without reopening neovim. This is especially useful for people using a neovim GUI such as neovide, where it is time consuming to reopen the editor. Also, it may be useful for people using project-management plugins or session -management plugins, to open projects, which has not been open before.</p> <p>Bonus: naturally opener.nvim has a built-in telescope.nvim extension for choosing directories.</p> <p>Repository: <a href="https://github.com/willthbill/opener.nvim">https://github.com/willthbill/opener.nvim</a></p> <p><a href="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--8aoW2Ks2--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_66%2Cw_880/https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/wwoq25gzs9rbysxczmov.gif" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--8aoW2Ks2--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_66%2Cw_880/https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/wwoq25gzs9rbysxczmov.gif" alt="Showcase of opener.nvim" width="880" height="576"></a></p> <p>Bonus 2: you can setup hooks to run before and after opening a directory.</p> <p>I posted on reddit too: <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/neovim/comments/sp4bva/my_first_neovim_plugin_openernvim_quickly_open/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=web2x&amp;context=3">reddit</a></p> neovim vim lua plugin