" Compatible with ranger 1.4.2 through 1.6.* " " Add ranger as a file chooser in vim " " If you add this code to the .vimrc, ranger can be started using the command " ":RagerChooser" or the keybinding "<leader>r". Once you select one or more " files, press enter and ranger will quit again and vim will open the selected " files. function! RangeChooser() let temp = tempname() " The option "--choosefiles" was added in ranger 1.5.1. Use the next line " with ranger 1.4.2 through 1.5.0 instead. "exec 'silent !ranger --choosefile=' . shellescape(temp) exec 'silent !ranger --choosefiles=' . shellescape(temp) if !filereadable(temp) redraw! " Nothing to read. return endif let names = readfile(temp) if empty(names) redraw! " Nothing to open. return endif " Edit the first item. exec 'edit ' . fnameescape(names[0]) " Add any remaning items to the arg list/buffer list. for name in names[1:] exec 'argadd ' . fnameescape(name) endfor redraw! endfunction command! -bar RangerChooser call RangeChooser() nnoremap <leader>r :<C-U>RangerChooser<CR>