One of the things that I wish Vim had by default is the ability to create directories and files at the same time. Last month at our local OpenHack meetup, I had a conversation about it with a fellow developer and we both concluded that it wouldn’t be too difficult to write something up.
Well, I’m happy to introduce easydir.vim!
It adds to the functionality of :new, :edit, :write, and more.
Here are some quick examples:
- Edit a new file inside of a previously nonexistent directory.
:e new_directory/new_file.txt
# Write some things to "new_file.txt" and save it.
:w
# The directory "new_directory/" and the file "new_file.txt"
# are saved!
- Open the new directory and file into a split window.
:sp another_directory/another_file.txt
# Write to "another_file.txt" and save the file.
:w
# another_directory/another_file.txt is saved!
- Super nested directories
:n thank/you/sir/may/i/have/another.txt
# Write some things to "another.txt" and save it.
:w
The directories and files will be saved under your current project’s directory.
Thanks for checking it out and enjoy!
