How to start VIM with NERD tree opened automatically?

vim vi nerdtree
rubiii picture rubiii · Sep 24, 2010 · Viewed 28.6k times · Source

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Auto-open NERDTree in “EVERY” tab

Is there a way to automatically execute the :NERDTree command when VIM is launched for the first time or configure NERDTree to always open on startup?

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Auto-open NERDTree in "EVERY" tab

Answer

Benoit picture Benoit · Sep 24, 2010

Yes. Just write this line to your .vimrc :

autocmd VimEnter * NERDTree

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