Make bookmarks remember state of tree

[qstrahl]

I often do :NERDTree <bookmark> then manually open the various subdirectories I want. It would be super convenient if NERDTree remembered the open/closed state of the tree when I create a bookmark so I don't have to do it myself.

[nomasprime]

+1

[erichua23]

+1

[djdarkbeat]

+1

[Yavor-Ivanov]

+1

[jubalh]

+1

[gustavklopp]

+1

[protist]

+1

[hemantmits]

+1
sad so see this must have feature is pending from almost two year :(.

[alexandnpu]

+1

[igormoreno]

+1

[bitzip]

+1

[scrooloose]

Gentlemen, I hear you and will be implementing this shortly.

[ghost]

You all can use this plugin: https://github.com/jistr/vim-nerdtree-tabs
It works, but also "blinks" on my configuration, but you should try to use it!

UPD: probably it should correctly works with buffers, not tabs.

[JohnTortugo]

+1

[brodieG]

+1

[scrooloose]

Hey all, I have been looking into this and have taken a stab at it here: https://gist.github.com/scrooloose/741b04b0a6dc8c69d043

Things to note:

1. I have called the idea "projects" instead of "bookmarks" since that is the direction they are heading in.
2. The concept is implemented as a nerdtree plugin at the moment. When the code/functionality stabilizes I will either add it to the core, or leave it as a plugin and hand it off to someone.
3. The interface is just :commands at the moment, but this may get more snazzy later according to feedback.
4. Currently, the only functionality that projects offer over bookmarks is remembering the state of the tree. I have other ideas and feature requests that may be implemented though.

Thoughts/feedback welcome.

[scrooloose]

Do you have the latest version of nerdtree? (I should have mentioned that)

[ghost]

Do you have the latest version of nerdtree? (I should have mentioned that)

Sorry, I've just updated and it only requires to manually create the "touch ~/.NERDTreeProjects"

[ghost]

I can offer this use case (I will add it by myself, but not now). It will give you dynamicaly synchronization between tabs (I hope):

1. Add to .vimrc

autocmd BufNewFile,BufRead /home/user/projects/project1/* let project_name=project1

2. Add to NERDTree this functionality:

on_NERDTree_open or on_[tab/buffer/NERDTree]_focus_in:

if (project_name) then NERDTreeProjectLoad project_name

on_NERDTree_close or on_[tab/buffer/NERDTree]_focus_out:

if (project_name)
then NERDTreeProjectSave project_name

And thank you for you job! <3

[ghost]

Also now it has a bug with autocomplete of project names:

What I do:

:NERDTreeProjectLoad t<tab>

What I get (but it works!):

:NERDTreeProjectLoad test
test  test  test
:NERDTreeProjectLoad test

[scrooloose]

OK, I have fixed 2 bugs (see latest gist):

1. The bug when .NERDTreeProjects didnt exist
2. The naming bug you mention above. In your example above there are actually 3 test projects. Instead of updating the test project, the code was creating new project (due to the bug).

RE your idea above on_NERDTree_close or on_[tab/buffer/NERDTree]_focus_out: <save project>: This effectively already happens. If you use NERDTreeProjectLoad and then unload the nerdtree buffer (by closing vim, or :bunload etc) then the project you have loaded will be saved again.

RE automatically loading projects when you enter the root (or by some similar condition): This might be a good idea. Unfortunately I have been drinking and can't think hard enough now :D

[scrooloose]

If I understand you correctly, you can already use NERDTreeMirror to accomplish this. If you want one tree viewed in many tabs, this is what NERDTreeMirror is for. You will be viewing the same nerdtree buffer loaded in different windows.

Have I understood you correctly?

[scrooloose]

Hey all, FYI here is the latest version of the plugin above: https://github.com/scrooloose/nerdtree-project-plugin.

Its still a WIP really - but I have been using it for a couple of weeks. Would appreciate any feedback and ideas. If all goes well, I plan to merge this into the main repo and replace bookmarks.

[alessioalex]

@scrooloose I got an error with b:NERDTree does not exist when trying to save a project, even though I do have the latest version of NERDTree installed. Does that have to do with how bundle loads up the plugins, maybe the order..? Thanks

[rococode]

Has this been added to NERDTree already? I'm not sure if I'm just missing something or if it's not quite ready yet.

[PhilRunninger]

No, its still a separate project, and no attention has been given to it in the last couple of years. It needs some feedback and probably some work before it will be included with NERDTree, especially if it's purpose is to replace bookmarks.

@lifecrisis, tagging you for future development consideration.

[PhilRunninger]

You can install it like you do any other plugin, and it should be ready for testing. (I haven't tried this myself, so your mileage may vary.)

[rococode]

Okay, thanks for the info! I will probably give it a try. The main functionality, for me at least, is not so much the project-like functionality but simply just remembering which folder nodes have been opened - if there is a simple way to just keep track of folder states (expanded or collapsed) persisting through vim restarts that would be equally welcome to me.

[jackson-dean]

+1. I would like this too.

[MrMebelMan]

+1, yes, please :(

[carousel]

+1 me too

[gavinlynch]

+1 another vote, would double the usefulness of this plugin for my purposes

[wellyal]

any updates on this? Seems an old request

[PhilRunninger]

Pull Request #929 should make the nerdtree-project-plugin work properly again.

[PhilRunninger]

As of a4dd4e1, @scrooloose 's project plugin will work once again. All you need to do is update your NERDTree and install the https://github.com/scrooloose/nerdtree-project-plugin.git plugin just like you do any other Vim plugin. Then use the commands defined in it to manage your projects:

• Create a project from the current nerdtree with
  :NERDTreeProjectSave <name>
• Load a project with
  :NERDTreeProjectLoad <name>
• Load a project from the current CWD
  :NERDTreeProjectLoadFromCWD
• Delete a project with
  :NERDTreeProjectRm <name>