Question

Is there a way to run these scripts from the : commandline with a few keystrokes?

Over the last couple of months, I’ve built a series of files full of vim-commands to auto-generate boilerplate code for my projects. It’s allowed me to work faster.

However, the only way I know how to run these scripts is by assigning them to key-combinations in ~/.vimrc. There’s only so many keys I can remap.

Is there a way to run these scripts from the : commandline with a few keystrokes?

For example, I have a unit_test_cpp.vim script, which builds a boilerplate unit test cpp file. I’d like to be able to type

:utc

or some other simple combination of letters with a simple mnemonic to run this script on my currently open file.

Answer 1

You could use the command feature of vim. In your unit_test_cpp.vim file you would add something like this:

command Utc call CreateUnitTests()

Now when you type :Utc it will call your function. The only limitation is that your command must start with an uppercase letter.