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Discussion on: Must Have Vim Plugins

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Ben Sinclair

I probably make no secret that I don't like NERDTree. Well, I mean, I don't hate it, but I do think it's unnecessary. Vim has a bunch of ways of opening files, built-in and netrw, and NERDTree doesn't gel well with Vim's windows/buffers system.

But if you suggest people use CtrlP, then why would you need NERDTree? Assuming you use NERDTree for something that you can't do with CtrlP, what is it?

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abhiphull

Well, i agree Ctrlp is enough to navigate through files and directories. I use Ctrlp most of the times but sometimes I need to look through the whole directory structure in one window. Ultimately it depends upon each individual's comfort level thats why I suggested both.