[janus]

thanks, I'll give it a try. When I briefly tried NERDtree, my issue was how to switch back and forth between the tree and the opened files list

[bitcrusher]

hold down control and hit w, twice, when in visual mode. That will move the cursor from frame to frame.

If you want to see a 'file browser', open VIM and type ":sp ."

Strictly speaking you don't need nerdTree (though I love it ).