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Products that do what Voil – Oil.nvim for VSCode does
I wrote a vscode extension which allows you to create/rename/move/delete files by editing a text buffer. If you are familiar with oil.nvim, this is similar. In my opinion this is vastly superior to the built-in file manager because it allows you to utilize your existing text-editing muscle memory into file manipulation skills, as opposed to the built-in file explorer which requires mouse or at least memorizing new keyboard shortcuts. There is a video demo on the github page here: https://github.com/ahrm/voil.
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2016 · github.com
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2013 · github.com
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Hi HN, I've been waiting to post what I've been working on for a few weeks now:) Today we're launching LayerVault, which is a version control system made for designers. The URL is http://www.layervault.com LayerVault keeps track of what you're working on without adding extra steps to your process. The app runs in your toolbar and tracks changes you make to your files. Basically — each time you create or modify a file you’re working on, LayerVault saves a copy. You can then login, flip through its versions, and download a version from a few weeks ago. It's pretty neat — and we’ve built some…
2011
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Hello guys, I wanted to get your feedback on my recent project : it aims to unify Vim configuration by aggregating some common plugins in order to provide an easy-to-use « package ». It's called vimified : https://github.com/zaiste/vimified The idea was to make it simpler than Janus (e.g. vundle instead of submodules et al.); it is also somehow similar to spf13-vim. What do you think? Thanks!
2012
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I made this plugin because I felt like existing bookmark plugins were lacking some important features, including: - The ability to reorder your bookmarks - The ability to delete and move your bookmarks in bulk - The ability to view lines of code around your bookmarks - Syntax highlighting in the preview window - Resilience to the content of files changing (e.g. checking out a git commit that changes the file contents won't delete your bookmarks) Let me know what you think! If you have any feedback, please create a github issue or email [email protected]
Jul 2026 · github.com
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Hey HN. I've become enamored with the Acme editor. It's fascinating because it turns the Vim paradigm on its head: instead of maximizing your use of the keyboard, maximize your use of the mouse. I think this helps optimize for information management, as opposed to text manipulation. I realized a lot of the CLIs I use have the same structure, and with a small program I could convert them into GUIs inside Acme and make them much easier to use. Let me know what you think.
2022 · github.com
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When someone here told me to focus on something more useful than reinventing the wheel. So. EnvCloak, a lightweight and simple tool for securely managing sensitive environment files. The design focuses on simplicity - just a few intuitive commands using the Click Python library. I assume seamless integration with CI/CD workflows. The aim is to provide a streamlined solution without the need for clunky tools. If you're tired of complex configurations or bloated alternatives, this might be worth a look! I would appreciate any feedback, feature ideas or input on how to improve this…
2024 · github.com
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Most neovim users will be familiar with flash.nvim, which amongst other things, allows you to quickly jump to a word in your visible buffer. It’s a great tool for developers who want to quickly navigate their codebase. I was looking for something similar, but for tmux. I wanted to be able to search visible words in the current tmux pane, then copy that word to the system clipboard by pressing the associated label key. I built https://github.com/Kristijan/flash-copy.tmux, with the aim to bring that functionality to tmux. Here’s a bit of a write up…
Jan 2026 · github.com
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After years of lurking on Hacker News, I figured it was time to finally contribute back. Fileloupe for Mac is a new Mac application that I've been working on for the last year. Version 1.0 was just released in the Mac App Store but Hacker News readers are welcome to download a beta version of 1.1 here: https://kennyc.s3.amazonaws.com/Fileloupe1.1-72-Beta.zip Fileloupe is a high-performance, incredibly fast file viewer that, I think, makes looking at photos, videos, PDFs and documents a lot better than the existing solutions. It doesn't replace Finder (or iPhoto /…
2015
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2023 · github.com
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Hi, I am Anthony. Every token your filesystem tools consume is context the model cannot use for reasoning. Most MCP file servers are O(file size) on every operation: reads return the whole file, edits rewrite the whole file. The context window fills up before the agent gets anything meaningful done, and the problem compounds silently as your files grow. Chisel makes edits O(diff) and reads O(match). The agent sends a unified diff instead of a full rewrite, and queries with grep or sed instead of reading entire files. On a 500-line file this is nearly two orders of magnitude less context per…
Mar 2026 · github.com
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I made this because I was using SuperTab and noticed that it uses a lot more code when I wanted something really simple: for Vim to intelligently choose what to autocomplete for me. Maybe it has more features but to me, it tried to do too much in a single plugin. So my goal here was to made a dead-simple, minimalistic Tab completion plugin. It does this with less than 60 lines of source code, compared to around 800 for Supertab. I hope you like it as much as I do.
2014 · github.com
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https://github.com/iogf/vy
2017
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Nowadays I spend a lot of time in Claude Code and reviewing diffs and code in Vim. I didn't want to learn Vim's window management, so I created a Vim file browser that can run in its own tmux pane.
May 2026 · github.com
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2024 · filefolder.org
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