broot + neovim + terminator workflow

broot-neovim-terminator_workflow.md

Introduction

I document here the new workflow I'm tuning in which I combine broot, neovim and terminator for enjoyable coding. I'll use here as support the exemple of Rust but it works about the same in other environnements.

Goals

• keep open broot and neovim side to side and use broot as tree viewer and opener for vim
• have a flexible setup: broot, neovim and terminator are basic tools that you should keep using as you do, this new combinations isn't a different world
• Keep neovim uncluttered, don't prevent the shortcuts you already use for navigation and opening

any updates on this? would love the nvim+broot combo

I've been using this to use broot from within neovim, it's a bit ugly but sufficient for me:

init.vim

noremap <C-B> :call RunBroot()<CR>i

fun! RunBroot()
  let l:command = 'broot --conf ~/my-config/nvim-broot.toml'
  enew
  call termopen(l:command, {'on_exit': 'BrootOnExit'})
endfun

fun! BrootOnExit(job_id, code, event) dict
  let l:filename = getline(1)
  enew | bd! #

  if (l:filename != '')
    execute 'edit ' . l:filename
  else
    bp
  endif
endfun

~/my-config/nvim-broot.toml

[[verbs]]
invocation = "ok"
key = "enter"
leave_broot = true
execution = ":print_path"
apply_to = "file"

Feedback appreciated