Description

CtrlP extension for switching between similar files.

Usage

CtrlPSwitch          opens the switcher in the default mode (see below)
CtrlPSwitchBasic     opens the switcher in basic mode
CtrlPSwitchFull      opens the switcher in full mode

Basic Mode - Only the files with the same name (minus extension)

In this mode, the plugin shows only the files that have the same name as the current one, but have a different extension. It also supports the 'private' class files.

For example, for Resources.h, it will show:

Resources.cpp
Resources_p.h
Resources_p.cpp

The completion in this mode is instantaneous.

This mode is inspired by Derek Wyatt's fswitch plugin (https://github.com/derekwyatt/vim-fswitch) but a little bit more powerful.

Full Mode - Files that match any of the words from the current file's name (Default)

If you use the CamelCase, or the snake_case naming scheme for your files, the plugin will extract the words from the current file's name and search (using the find command) for the files that have any of those words in their names.

For example, for ResourceActor.scala, it will return:

ResourceTable.scala
ResourceService.scala
SomethingElseActor.scala

The completion is slower, so you are advised to localize the search by defining the g:ctrlpswitcher_project_sources to point to the directory under which you want to search.

Setting the default mode

By default, CtrlPSwitch opens up the full mode. If you want to change that behavior, you can put

let g:ctrlpswitcher_mode = 1

in your main .vimrc, or in a project's local .vimrc (if you are using MarcWeber/vim-addon-local-vimrc.git or exrc)

1 is for the basic mode
2 is for the full mode

Installation

You need the CtrlP extension by kien.

If you are using Vundle, just do this:

let g:ctrlp_extensions = ['funky','switcher']
Bundle 'kien/ctrlp.vim'
Bundle 'ivan-cukic/vim-ctrlp-switcher'

Tasks for grabs

Some things that would be nice additions to the plugin, if anybody is willing to work on them:

• Make it obey wildignore when listing the files
• Make a similarity-based sort of the results
• Optimize full mode with some sort of cache