vim-smartclose

Close Vim windows in a smart way!

Installation

Place in ~/.vim/plugin/smartclose.vim or in case of Pathogen:

cd ~/.vim/bundle
git clone https://github.com/szw/vim-smartclose.git

Please, don't forget to star the repository if you like (and use) the plugin. This will let me know how many users it has and then how to proceed with further development :).

About

SmartClose is a wise closing utility. What does it mean? SmartClose plugin distinguishes two kinds of windows (the regular windows you use to work) and the auxiliary ones (a preview window, a NERDTree panel, a quickfix window, etc). Basically, the plugin allows you to close a window just with a single keystroke (<F10>). But if there are any auxiliary windows visible, it closes them first (in the LIFO order). It means, you don't have to leave the current (regular) window to close the auxiliary one. Just hit <F10> and you'll get it closed. If there are no auxiliary windows visible, <F10> will close the current window (and a tab if it would be the last window in the tab, or the editor itself, if it would be the last tab).

If you hit <F10> inside an auxiliary window, the window is closed immediately. And sometimes, the same behavior could be desired inside regular windows too, right? Even, if there are visible auxiliary ones, which will have the precedence, as said before. Therefore, the plugin provides you a configurable delay time. By default, during the first second after entering a regular window, hitting <F10> will close that window rather than any auxiliary ones.

In other words, the smart auxiliary windows closing feature is delayed about 1 sec. This way you can move into a regular window you want to close, press <F10> immediately, and close it even if there are open auxiliary windows on the screen. The delay can be adjusted or even disabled.

Usage

SmartClose has only one command:

:SmartClose

Also the plugin can define some default mappings if the user wants to. By default it maps to <F10> in normal, insert, and visual modes. See Configuration to get some examples.

The banged version forces closing of the current window:

:SmartClose!

Configuration -------------

SmartClose is extremely handy with command mappings. By default it uses <F10> like here:

nnoremap <silent><F10> :SmartClose<CR>
vnoremap <silent><F10> :SmartClose<CR>
inoremap <silent><F10> <C-[>:SmartClose<CR>

With these mappings you can hit <F10> any time, not only in normal mode.

Here are some plugin options:

• smartclose_set_default_mapping

  Whether SmartClose should set default mappings or not:

    let g:smartclose_set_default_mapping = 1
  

• smartclose_set_mapping_with_bang

  Whether SmartClose should set default mappings with banged version or not:

    let g:smartclose_set_mapping_with_bang = 0
  

• smartclose_default_mapping_key

  The default mappings key:

    let g:smartclose_default_mapping_key = '<F10>'
  

• smartclose_delay

  Sets the delay of smart closing auxiliary windows (in miliseconds). After entering a new window <F10> will start closing auxiliary windows rather than that window only after this period. By default it's set to 0 (turned off).

    let g:smartclose_delay = 0
  

Author and License

SmartClose was written by Szymon Wrozynski and Contributors. It is licensed under the same terms as Vim itself.

Copyright © 2013-2014 Szymon Wrozynski and Contributors. See :help license