I have created a VIM function that generates a new file based on the arguments passed to it and on some zsh variables I have setup.
Is it possible to extend this function to insert a header into this file immediately as it is created? I'm trying to insert the name of the file on line 1, a time stamp on line 2, and "Instructor: " on line 3.
fu! CreateNote(subject, title)
exe "e! " . fnameescape($NOTES_DIR . "/MS" . g:year . "/" . a:subject
. "/" . a:title . ".txt")
endfunction
Your function could become something like that:
function! CreateNote(subject, title)
exe "e! " . fnameescape($NOTES_DIR . "/MS" . g:year . "/" . a:subject . "/" . a:title . ".txt")
let l:filename=bufname("%")
let l:timestap=strftime("%c")
let l:text="Instructor: "
put! =l:filename
put! =l:timestap
put! =l:text
endfunction
The fist line is yours. It then creates 3 variables:
bufname("%") to get the name of the current buffer (:h bufname()).strftime to get the current time. Beware it is a direct call to the C function so it might not be portable, see the doc for more details :h strftime() (You can of course change the format of the timestamp cf. doc)Then the 3 last lines uses the function put (:h put):
! is used to insert before the current line (otherwise as you start on the first line and put insert after the current line, you'd get an empty first line).= is used to call the expression register allowing to get the content of the variables.Bonus You can make the function sexier by using a list and iterating through it:
function! CreateNote(subject, title)
exe "e! " . fnameescape($NOTES_DIR . "/MS" . g:year . "/" . a:subject . "/" . a:title . ".txt")
let l:header=[ bufname("%"), strftime("%c"), "Instructor: " ]
for l:line in l:header
put! =l:line
endfor
endfunction