Open file browser on VimEnter,BufEnter

[ranebrown]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
I would like the file browser to open if the path is a directory e.g. nvim ~/ or :e ~/.

Describe the solution you'd like
VimEnter,BufEnter autocommands to open the file browser.

Describe alternatives you've considered
I could write these myself but figured it was worth checking if their was interest in including them in the main repo. This is a quick example but has some issues such as leaving an empty buffer of the directory.
autocmd! VimEnter * if isdirectory(expand('%:p')) | exe 'Telescope file_browser' | endif

Additional context
N/a

[fdschmidt93]

You are very happy to add it to the wiki :)

Once the following items are in better shape, I'll try to brush up the wiki with relevant examples for

• custom make_entry (add time, user rights, etc similar to directory previewer) and be able to sort by these sorts of attributes
• custom terminal directory previewer (feat: terminal cmd preview for directories #74)

That said, I'm not perfectly sure -- are you also asking for some help here? It's a bit fuzzy between the lines. If yes, could you please once more clarify? Happy to try and help then.

[ranebrown]

I would appreciate it if you could provide some help. I'm not sure of the best way to setup a BufEnter autcmd that would work correctly.

[cobcobs]

@ranebrown I'm not sure if you've solved your issue, but for other people I've just made a slight edit to the above autocmd:

autocmd! VimEnter * if isdirectory(expand('%:p')) | exe 'cd %:p:h' | exe 'bd!'| exe 'Telescope file_browser' | endif

this avoids the issue of leaving empty buffers. Hope this helps!

[ranebrown]

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