![Example:startify in action](https://github.com/mhinz/vim-startify/raw/master/startify.png) This is it. A start screen for Vim. What does it provide? --------------------- #### 1) It shows things on start! If you start Vim without giving any filenames or piping text to it, Startify will show a pretty start screen that shows a configurable list of items: --- __Custom header__ ( _empty by default_ ): How about some ASCII art action? --- __Files from directory__ ( _disabled by default_ ): This lists all files from the current directory sorted by modification time. --- __Recently used files__ ( _enabled by default_ ): This uses the viminfo file to get a list of most recently used files. The list can also be filtered. --- __Sessions__ ( _enabled by default_ ): This will list all your sessions from a certain directory. --- __Bookmarks__ ( _empty by default_ ): Additionally, you can define bookmarks, thus entries for files that always should be available on the start screen. --- See `:h startify-options` for more information. #### 2) Easy session handling When the file Session.vim is found in the current directory, it will be shown at the top of all lists as entry `[0]`. The handling of loading, saving and deleting sessions is eased by always working with one and the same directory. These commands are used for convenience: :SLoad load a session :SSave save a session :SDelete delete a session See `:h startify-commands` for more information. #### 3) Easy but powerful entry handling You can either navigate to a certain entry using `j`/`k` and hit `` or just key in whatever is written between the square brackets on that line. You can even double-click anywhere on the line. Moreover, you can open several files at one go! Navigate to an entry and hit either `b` (open in same window), `s` (open in split) or `v` (open in vertical split) for marking it. You can mark several entries and also mix different markers. Afterwards execute all the markers in the order they were given via ``. In case you don't want to open a file, there is also `e` for creating an empty buffer, `i` for creating an empty buffer and jumping into insert mode and `q` for quitting. When one or more files were opened by Startify, it will close automatically. You can always reopen the screen via `:Startify`. Feedback, please! ----------------- If you like any of my plugins, star it on github. This is a great way of getting feedback! Same for issues or feature requests. Thank you for flying mhi airlines. Get your Vim on! You can also follow me on Twitter: [@_mhinz_](https://twitter.com/_mhinz_) Installation & Documentation ---------------------------- If you have no preferred installation method, I suggest using tpope's [pathogen](https://github.com/tpope/vim-pathogen). Afterwards installing vim-startify is as easy as pie: $ git clone https://github.com/mhinz/vim-startify ~/.vim/bundle/vim-startify $ vim It works without any configuration, but you might want to look into the documentation for further customization: :Helptags " rebuilding tags files :h startify Author ------ Marco Hinz `` License ------- MIT license. Copyright (c) 2013 Marco Hinz.