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Re:Vim After 11 Years by mtts on Tuesday February 19, 2013 @03:26PM (#5246835)
One thing NERDTree does that netrw doesn't (IIRC, haven't looked very deeply into this) is open files you select in a different window than the one that contains the file listing. I happen to find that convenient, YMMV, of course.
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Re:Vim After 11 Years by johncoltrane on Tuesday February 19, 2013 @04:59PM (#5247333)
o does that. :h netrw-browse-maps
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Re:Vim After 11 Years by mtts on Wednesday February 20, 2013 @02:28AM (#5249381)
Almost, but not quite. o opens a new window with the selected file, while nerdtree opens the file in the most recently used non-nerdtree window.

Also, there doesn't seem to be a way to tell netrw to create a vertical split rather than a horizontal split, which is inconvenient on modern wide screen monitors.

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Re:Vim After 11 Years by johncoltrane on Thursday February 21, 2013 @01:13AM (#5255777)
Did you actually read :h netrw before giving up?

    P
opens the file in the most recent non netrw window.

    v
opens the file in a vertical split and

    :Vex
opens netw in a vertical split.
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