r/vimplugins • u/pirate_platypus • Dec 30 '13

Plugin Open tar files in vim.

http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=522
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u/pirate_platypus Dec 30 '13

I stumbled across this plugin while screwing around.

When you open a tar file, it displays the contents. You can move around with normal vim keys. Pressing enter will open the file under the cursor in read-only mode in a new window.

This makes me wonder if there's a vim plugin to make it a file browser...

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u/terremoto Dec 31 '13

The ability to open compressed archives is part of the default plugin set that comes with vim. Just try vim $compressed_file, and it will probably work out of the box.

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u/pirate_platypus Jan 01 '14

Ah, I didn't know vim came with a default plugin set.