created by

Ingo Karkat

script type

utility

description

DESCRIPTION Files edited in Vim often relate to one another; maybe they just differ in file extensions, are numbered sequentially, or contain common patterns. One can use the built-in cmdline-completion or filename-modifiers like %:r to quickly edit a similar file, or even use special plugins, e.g. to alternate between source and header files (vimscript #31). This plugin provides custom versions of the :edit, :view, :split, :vsplit, :sview, :file, :write and :saveas commands which facilitate quick and simple editing of similarly named files. To quickly edit another file based on the current file, one can: - substitute {old} with {new} - go to previous/next numbered file or add any offset to the number - go to succeeding / preceding files in the same directory - change the file extension To open a set of similar files, it is possible to: - open all files matching a pattern in split windows USAGE Substitutions: Change all occurrences via {text}={replacement} in the currently edited file (modeled after the Korn shell's "cd {old} {new}" command). This can also be achieved with the built-in filename-modifiers:     :edit %:gs?pattern?replacement? but the syntax is difficult to memorize (it's subtly different from :s) and harder to type (because one has to use regular expressions instead of the simpler file wildcards). :EditSubstitute[!] {text}={replacement} [{text}={replacement} [...]] :ViewSubstitute[!] {text}={replacement} [{text}={replacement} [...]] :SplitSubstitute[!] {text}={replacement} [{text}={replacement} [...]] :VSplitSubstitute[!] {text}={replacement} [{text}={replacement} [...]] :SViewSubstitute[!] {text}={replacement} [{text}={replacement} [...]] :FileSubstitute {text}={replacement} [{text}={replacement} [...]] :WriteSubstitute[!] {text}={replacement} [{text}={replacement} [...]] :SaveSubstitute[!] {text}={replacement} [{text}={replacement} [...]] Plus / Minus: Add an offset to the last (decimal) number in the currently edited file. :[N]EditPlus[!] [N] :[N]EditMinus[!] [N] :... Next / Previous: In the directory listing of the current file, go to succeeding / preceding file entries. :[N]EditNext [{filelist}] :[N]EditPrevious [{filelist}] :... Root: Change the file extension in the currently edited file. This is an enhanced version of the built-in :edit %:r.{extension} :EditRoot[!] {extension} :... Pattern: Open all files matching the pattern in split windows, similar to how :argadd {name} adds all matching files to the argument list. :SplitPattern [++opt] [+cmd] {file-pattern} [{file-pattern} ...] :...

install details

INSTALLATION This script is packaged as a vimball. If you have the "gunzip" decompressor in your PATH, simply edit the *.vmb.gz package in Vim; otherwise, decompress the archive first, e.g. using WinZip. Inside Vim, install by sourcing the vimball or via the :UseVimball command.     vim EditSimilar*.vmb.gz     :so % To uninstall, use the :RmVimball command. DEPENDENCIES - Requires Vim 7.0 or higher. - Optional, recommended: cmdalias plugin (vimscript #746). CONFIGURATION For a permanent configuration, put the following commands into your vimrc: All these edit commands are about speed; after all, they vie to be a faster alternative to the built-in commands that take a complete filename. Each user's Vim setup and behavior is different. Therefore, the previously defined short command forms :Esubst, :Enext, etc. are gone in version 1.20. Instead, you are encouraged to define your own shortcuts, depending on your preferences and needs. A great way to do this (because it allows the definition of pure lowercase commands) is defining short aliases through the cmdalias plugin (vimscript #746), like this:     " Shorten the most frequently used commands from EditSimilar.vim.     Alias es  EditSubstitute     Alias sps SplitSubstitute     Alias epl EditPlus     Alias emi EditMinus     Alias en  EditNext     Alias ep  EditPrevious     Alias er  EditRoot     Alias spr SplitRoot     Alias spp SplitPattern All :Split..., :VSplit... and :SView commands obey the default 'splitbelow' and 'splitright' settings. If you want different behavior, you can insert the appropriate split modifier command via:     let g:EditSimilar_splitmode = 'rightbelow'     let g:EditSimilar_vsplitmode = 'rightbelow'

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package	script version	date	Vim version	user	release notes
EditSimilar-2.30.vmb.gz	2.30	2012-12-09	7.0	Ingo Karkat	CHG: For :FilePlus, :WritePlus, :SavePlus, when a [count] but no [!] is given, try to create an offset one more than an existing file between the current and the passed offset. This lets you use a large [N] to write the file with the next number within [N] for which no file exists yet. Change inspired by http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13778322/vimscript-code-to-create-a-new-numbered-file
EditSimilar-2.20.vmb.gz	2.20	2012-08-28	7.0	Ingo Karkat	- Allow passing of multiple {file-pattern} to :SplitPattern et al. and enable file completion for them. - Handle optional ++opt +cmd file options and commands in :SplitPattern et al.
EditSimilar.vba.gz	2.10	2012-07-26	7.0	Ingo Karkat	ENH: Complete file extensions for any files found in the file's directory for those commands that most of the time are used to create new files; the default search for the current filename's extensions won't yield anything there.
EditSimilar.vba.gz	2.01	2012-06-15	7.0	Ingo Karkat	FIX: To avoid issues with differing forward slash / backslash path separator components, canonicalize the glob pattern and filespec. This avoids a "Cannot locate current file" error when there is a mismatch.
EditSimilar.vba.gz	2.00	2012-06-11	7.0	Ingo Karkat	- Rename the :EditNext / :EditPrevious commands to :EditPlus / :EditMinus and redefine them to operate on directory contents instead of numerical offsets. *** PLEASE USE THE NEW RENAMED COMMANDS AND UPDATE ANY USAGES IN SCRIPTS AND MAPPINGS *** - Better modularization of the different similarities. - BUG: Substituted filenames that only exist in an unpersisted Vim buffer cause a "file does not exist" error when a:isCreateNew isn't set. Also check Vim buffers for a match.
EditSimilar.vba.gz	1.22	2012-02-10	7.0	Ingo Karkat	- ENH: Allow [v]split mode different than determined by 'splitbelow' / 'splitright' via configuration. - Refactoring: Move file extension completion to EditSimilar#Root#Complete() and create the root commands also in the command builder. - ENH: Omit current buffer's file extension from the completion for EditSimilar-root commands. - Obsolete the short command forms :Esubst, :Enext, :Eprev; the starting uppercase letter makes them still awkward to type, there's more likely a conflict with other custom commands (e.g. :En -> :Encode, :Enext), and I now believe aliasing via cmdalias.vim is the better way to provide personal shortcuts, instead of polluting the command namespace with all these duplicates. - Rename :Vsplit... -> :VSplit... and :Sview... -> :SView... as I think this is a more intuitive long form. (And now that the user is encouraged to create his own custom short aliases, anyway.) The only other plugin with similar commands that I know is bufexplorer with its :VSBufExplorer.
EditSimilar.vba.gz	1.19	2011-07-25	7.0	Ingo Karkat	Avoid that :SplitPattern usually opens splits in reverse glob order (with default 'nosplitbelow' / 'nosplitright') by forcing :belowright splitting for all splits after the first. I.e. behave more like vim -o {pattern}.
EditSimilar.vba.gz	1.18	2011-06-23	7.0	Ingo Karkat	ENH: Implement completion of file extensions for EditSimilar-root commands like :EditRoot.
EditSimilar.vba.gz	1.17	2010-02-25	7.0	Ingo Karkat	BUG: :999EditPrevious on 'file00' caused E121: Undefined variable: l:replacement.
EditSimilar.vba.gz	1.16	2009-11-11	7.0	Ingo Karkat	BUG: Next / previous commands interpreted files such as 'C406' as hexadecimal. Thanks to Andy Wokula for sending a patch.
EditSimilar.vba.gz	1.15	2009-09-09	7.0	Ingo Karkat	Offset commands (:EditNext et al.) now check that the digit pattern does not accidentally match inside a hexadecimal number (which are unsupported).
EditSimilar.vba.gz	1.14	2009-08-21	7.0	Ingo Karkat	- BF: :[N]EditPrevious with supplied [N] would skip over existing smaller number file and would claim that no substituted file existed. - BF: :[N]EditPrevious with supplied large [N] together with a low original number hogs the CPU because the loop iterates over the entire number range where the resulting offset would be negative.
EditSimilar.vba.gz	1.13	2009-06-30	7.0	Ingo Karkat	ENH: :EditNext / :EditPrevious without the optional [count] now skip over gaps in numbering.
EditSimilar.vba.gz	1.12	2009-05-13	7.0	Ingo Karkat	- ENH: {text} in :EditSubstitute can now also contain file wildcards (?, *, **   and [...]) to save typing. - ENH: On Windows, {text} in :EditSubstitute can now also use forward slashes   as path separators (as an alternative to the usual backslashes). - ENH: Supporting substitutions spanning both pathspec and filename by finally   applying failed replacements of multi-path elements to the entire filespec. - Added ":ViewSimilar" and ":SviewSimilar" commands to open similar files in   read-only mode.
EditSimilar.vba.gz	1.10	2009-02-24	7.0	Ingo Karkat	ENH: {replacement} in :EditSubstitute and {extension} in :EditRoot can now contain file wildcards to save typing.
EditSimilar.vba.gz	1.00	2009-02-18	7.0	Ingo Karkat	Initial upload

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