Re: Why is `:f` abbrev of `:file` and not of (much more useful) `:find`?

On 2013-12-27 00:03, Gary Johnson wrote:
> > > Do you think Bram would be open to changing the `:f` vim
> > > default?
> >
> > I'm pretty certain that it wouldn't be entertained
>
> I agree with Tim on this, plus I'll add that I never use :find.
> For simple projects, everything is in the current directory. For
> projects with more complicated directory structures, I use tags.

I'll add

:vimgrep /pattern/ **/*.py

to my list of tools that I reach for before :find (most of my code
being Python; adjust accordingly for your file-extension(s) of
choice).

It's fast, it works cross-platform (grepping across files &
directories on Win32 without add-on unix-like utilities is a mess),
and usually I am looking for something in particular, not just a
filename.

-tim


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