Ranger integration in vim and neovim

Install it with your favorite plugin manager. Example with vim-plug:

    Plug 'francoiscabrol/ranger.vim'

If you use neovim, you have to add the dependency to the plugin bclose.vim:

    Plug 'rbgrouleff/bclose.vim'

The default shortcut for opening Ranger is <leader>f (\f by default) To disable the default key mapping, add this line in your .vimrc or init.vim: let g:ranger_map_keys = 0

then you can add a new mapping with this line: map <leader>f :Ranger<CR>.

The command for opening Ranger in the current file's directory is :Ranger. Vim will open the selected file in the current window. To open the selected file in a new tab instead use :RangerNewTab.

For opening Ranger in the current workspace, run :RangerWorkingDirectory. Vim will open the selected file in the current window. :RangerWorkingDirectoryNewTab will open the selected file in a new tab instead.

The old way to make vim open the selected file in a new tab was to add let g:ranger_open_new_tab = 1 in your .vimrc or init.vim. That way is still supported but deprecated.