This is a mirror of http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=2896 Some vim user want to shell like emacs's eshell. But vim don't support shell, terminal interface in vim (at least 7.x version). In this situation, I try some terminal patches or shell attached plugins. But everyone don't perfectly emulate native terminal or have much dependencies. So I use simple native terminal and filemanager open script for my various platforms. Commmands :OpenTerminal Open native terminal sw. :OpenFilemanager Open native file manager. Key map recommendations (I'm using) nnoremap :OpenTerminal nnoremap :OpenFilemanager Tested platform * Mac ~ Terminal.app, finder * MacVim * Windows 7 64bit, XP ~cmd.exe , explorer * [portable] gVim * Gnome ~ gnome-terminal, nautilus * gVim This is very simple script. If plugin show wrong operation feedback to me. I can't test in windows xp, KDE etc :)