command for scripts

[HeCodes2Much]

Hey TFL what command do you use to change the date for when you start or edit a script?

[terminalforlife]

You mean the header? It's a Vim plugin I wrote called 'headup.vim', which you can find in the VimConfig repository. If you're a Vim user, you can set up a similar thing yourself, or use mine, but of course use your own information.

I've not written a PERL or shell program for it, because it wouldn't make sense for my workflow. I, for example, open up a program in Vim, make changes, type ,save in Normal mode (updates header, strips trailing spaces, and updates CurVer variable for PERL and shell), so leaving Vim to run a shell program wouldn't be too practical if I can do it in Vim in the first place.

Oh, and I create the initial header with ,header in Normal mode, which I think uses that aforementioned Vim plugin.

[HeCodes2Much]

oh nice me and Ulfnic worked on this for a system for bash but a vim plugin does sound better makebash

[HeCodes2Much]

ok so i got the headup.vim to work but with the line exe "silent normal! i# Project Name - \<CR>" how would i make it insert the file name after the -

[HeCodes2Much]

i tried \<Esc>\:r! echo %\<Esc>\<CR>" but that failed big time

[terminalforlife]

I usually just go into Command mode, then enter r !realpath % (r !readlink -e % also works), after which point I manually trim everything before the repository name. You can do that automatically, but I'm a bit busy ATM. I'd suggest using % which expands to the current file's path and name.

It would be awesome if it were automatic, so I might look into improving the plugin in a bit — maybe tomorrow. BTW, I don't install other people's plugins and so I don't go out of my way to support other plugins or plugin managers, so if you have any issues, that might be why.

BTW, you probably initially meant to run: echo expand('%') The expand() function in Vimscript will expand certain variable and things like %/%f, which can be quite handy, albeit a bit clunkier than shell.

[HeCodes2Much]

ya other then this not being automatic its working like a charm :)

[HeCodes2Much]

expand('%:t') did the trick to get the file name which works well :)