Map F2 to NEERDTreeToggle

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Giuseppe Pes picture Giuseppe Pes · Apr 24, 2012 · Viewed 13.1k times · Source

I want just to open and close NERDTree, pushing the F2 button. I've mapped it in this way : 

map <silent>  <F2> NERDTreeToggle

But, Actually this doesn't work properly and I haven't understood why...

Answer

cutalion picture cutalion · May 2, 2012

Here is my config for NERDTree.

silent! nmap <C-p> :NERDTreeToggle<CR>
silent! map <F3> :NERDTreeFind<CR>

let g:NERDTreeMapActivateNode="<F3>"
let g:NERDTreeMapPreview="<F4>"

F3 will open NERDTree panel and highlight current file. And when you're in the NERDTree panel, F3 will open file under cursor. So, I can use one button to jump between buffer and NERDTree. (And F4 for preview because it's next to F3)

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