NNN as a buffer list

[ldelossa]

In my constant quest to remove plugins from my vim setup, I'm curious if there's any feasability of using NNN as a buffer list for Vim.

This maybe a stretch, but would mean one could use nnn both to replace ctrl-p, nerd tree, and then any buffer list plugins one maybe using.

Thanks.

[jarun]

@mizlan please have a look.

[mizlan]

This will require major changes to upstream nnn because that would mean nnn effectively becomes an arbitrary "picker" or "Unix filter" like fzf. This would simultaneously mean ignoring most of nnn's niceties and features while adding on a more general picker mode.

I am not onboard with this idea because I feel that it is much too far off of what nnn is meant to be. nnn is a file manager. Ctrl-P and fzf are general-purpose Unix filters in the manner of fuzzy finders. I would say keep both a filter and a file manager.

N.B.: in the near future you will be able to use nnn as a NERDtree replacement, but we are still working on that.

[jarun]

Thanks for the notes!

[ldelossa]

completely understandable.

thanks for feedback.

[N-R-K]

that would mean nnn effectively becomes an arbitrary "picker"

That can be done via nnn -p . One could create a list of dummy files in a tmpdir (cleanup on exit) and (ab)use the nnn picker mode like that.

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I don't really use any buffer list plugin, nor am I interested in implementing this. But throwing the idea out for anyone that wants to take a crack.