mru

Most Recently Used (MRU) Vim plugin

The Most Recently Used (MRU) plugin provides an easy access to a list of recently opened/edited files in Vim. This plugin automatically stores the file names as you open/edit them in Vim.

This plugin will work on all the platforms where Vim is supported. This plugin will work in both console and GUI Vim. This version of the MRU plugin needs Vim 7.0 and above.

Installation

You can install this plugin by downloading the .zip or the .tar.gz file for the latest MRU release from the following page:

https://github.com/yegappan/mru/releases/latest

For Vim 8.0 and above, you can expand the .zip file in the following directory (on Unix/Linux/MacOS systems):

    $ mkdir -p $HOME/.vim/pack/downloads/start/mru
    $ cd $HOME/.vim/pack/downloads/start/mru
    $ unzip <downloaded_mru_file.zip>

For Vim 7.4 and before, you can use the following steps (on Unix/Linux/MacOS systems):

    $ mkdir $HOME/.vim
    $ cd $HOME/.vim
    $ unzip <downloaded_mru_file.zip>

You can also install this plugin directly from github using the following steps (for Vim 8.0 and above):

    $ mkdir -p $HOME/.vim/pack/downloads/start/mru
    $ cd $HOME/.vim/pack/downloads/start/mru
    $ git clone https://github.com/yegappan/mru

or you can use any one of the Vim plugin managers (dein.vim, pathogen, vam, vim-plug, volt, Vundle, etc.) to install and manage this plugin.

The user manual is available at: https://github.com/yegappan/mru/wiki/User-Manual