Command-W

Command-W is a Vim plugin which aims to replace and enhance the default ⌘W shortcut behaviour in MacVim.

This plugin is aimed at MacVim users who prefer buffers rather than tabs. If you use tabs, this plugin is not for you and you should really do some soul searching.

Why

My main gripe: the ⌘W shortcut in MacVim should close buffers, not windows!

Lets be honest, a window in Vim is not equivalent to a tab in say TextMate - the correct equivalent is of course the humble buffer!

Here's how I want ⌘W to work:

• Close the current buffer but keep the window open (which buffkill already solves with it's :BD command).
• When I press ⌘W on the last listed* buffer, I want MacVim to close.

*A listed buffer is one that shows up when you type the :buffers command. Usually this list only includes editable buffers, so read-only buffers like NERDTree won't show up in this list.

Requirements

• Vim 7+
• buffkill - Allows you to close a buffer without closing a window.

Installation

First, make sure you have buffkill installed. Command-W will not function correctly without it.

Manual

Simply copy the plugin directory into your .vim directory.

Pathogen

If you have Pathogen installed, just clone this repo into a subdirectory of your .vim/bundle directory like so:

cd ~/.vim/bundle
git clone git://github.com/nathanaelkane/vim-command-w.git

Vundle (my preferred method)

If you have Vundle installed, simply add the following to your .vimrc:

Bundle 'git://github.com/nathanaelkane/vim-command-w.git'

Then use the :BundleInstall command to install the plugin.

Usage

MacVim

Add the following to your .gvimrc:

macmenu &File.Close key=<nop>
nmap <D-w> :CommandW<CR>
imap <D-w> <Esc>:CommandW<CR>

Now you can press ⌘W to close buffers (or to close Vim if you only have one open buffer).

Other

You can manually use :CommandW instead of :bd (or :BD if you use bufkill).