vim-templates (vimawesome)

Create files from predefined templates

Installation

Vundle

Plugin 'tibabit/vim-templates'

vim-plug

Plug 'tibabit/vim-templates'

Usage

Using default templates

• TemplateInit - Takes 0 or more arguments, initializes file with the template and expands all placeholders defined in the template. The argument provided is the name of the template file, in most cases the extension of the file. If no argument is provided file extension is extracted from file name (e.g. :TemplateInit cpp)

• TemplateExpand- Does not take any argument, expands all the placeholders present in file. Helpful for updating an existing file

Auto initialization

By default auto initialization is set to true, so whenever a new file is created, the file is automatically initialized if a template matches. This can be disabled by setting g:tmpl_auto_initialize to 0 in your .vimrc.

Customization

Creating your own templates

• Create a file <template_name>.template inside a folder which is searched by the plugin( see below), e.g. if you want to create a template file for a c++ main file you can name it cppmain.template or cppm.template
• Open the file and edit, for example

h.template

/**
 * @author      : {{NAME}} ({{EMAIL}})
 * @created     : {{TODAY}}
 * @filename    : {{FILE}}
 */
#ifndef {{MACRO_GUARD}}
#define {{MACRO_GUARD}}

/* declarations */

#endif /* {{MACRO_GUARD}} */

generates this for a file named header.h

/**
 * @author      : Vikas Kesarwani ([email protected])
 * @created     : 07/09/2018
 * @filename    : header
 */

#ifndef HEADER_H
#define HEADER_H

/* declarations */

#endif /* HEADER_H */

• {{NAME}}, {{EMAIL}}, {{FILE}} and {{TODAY}} defined above are placeholders, which are expanded as soon as you call :TemplateExpand.
• In a new file type :TemplateInit cppmain to both place the above content inside the file and expand the placeholders.

Search paths

The plugin searches for templates as follows

1. In folders named templates recursively up the directory tree, i.e. first in a directory templates under the current working directory, then in ../templates, then '../../templates', ...
2. In search paths defined by g:tmpl_search_paths in your .vimrc file
3. The templates folder in this plugin's directory

If you want to add a custom directory to the search path, e.g. if you placed them inside a templates directory under $HOME then add the following line in your .vimrc file:

let g:tmpl_search_paths = ['~/templates']

Configuring the placeholder values

• The values into which certain placeholders expand may be influenced by settings in your .vimrc. For example PROJECT expands into the value of the variable g:tmpl_project. For more details see the list below.

• Other than that the expansion may also be influenced on a per-directory basis. If a matching template file is found in one of the directories of the search path, the plugin also checks whether a file called tmpl_settings.vim exists in the same directory. Note, than no other search directories are checked. If this is the case all its settings take preference over the .vimrc

• For example: In general you want the placeholder EMAIL to expand to [email protected] in your templates, hence you place

  let g:tmpl_author_email = '[email protected]'

  in your .vimrc. In the projects inside the folder $HOME/my_cool_stuff, however, you want your templates to show the email address [email protected]. So inside $HOME/templates you place a file $HOME/my_cool_stuff/tmpl_settings.vim with content

  let g:tmpl_author_email = '[email protected]'

  and all template files in $HOME/my_cool_stuff will now have EMAIL expanding to the latter value.

Placeholders

The Following placeholders are currently supported by this plugin

Date & Time

• DAY : Day of the week in short form (Mon, Tue, Wed, etc,)
• DAY_FULL : Day of the week in full (Monday, Tueseday, etc.)
• DATE : Date of the month (01 to 31)
• MONTH: Month of the year (01 to 12)
• MONTH_SHORT : Short name of the month (Jan, Feb, Mar, etc.)
• MONTH_FULL : Full month name (January, February, etc.)
• YEAR : current year (2016)
• TODAY: Todays date in dd/mm/yyyy format
• TIME : Current time in 24 our format
• TIME_12 : Current time in 12 hour format
• TIMESTAMP : Current Timestamp, e.g.: Sunday Nov 27, 2016 15:33:33 IST

Authoring

• NAME : Name of the author, g:tmpl_author_name, default : $USER
• HOSTNAME : Name of the host machine, g:tmpl_author_hostname, default : $HOSTNAME
• EMAIL : Email of the author, g:tmpl_author_email, default : $USER@$HOSTNAME

File name

• FILE : Basename of the file filename.ext -> filename
• FILEE : Filename with extension filename.ext -> filename.ext
• FILEF : Absolute path of the file /path/to/directory/filename.ext
• FILER : Filepath relative to the current directory (pwd)/relative/to/filename.ext

License and Copyright

• LICENSE : License of the project, g:tmpl_license, default : MIT
• LICENSE_FILE : Reads lincese from license file onto the next line, g:tmpl_license_file. If no file path is provided then file is read in following order-
  • LICENSE
  • LICENSE.txt
  • LICENSE.md
  • license.txt
  • license.md
• COPYRIGHT : Copyright message, g:tmpl_copyright, default : Copyright (c) g:tmpl_company

Others

• PROJECT : Name of the project, g:tmpl_project, default: not expanded
• COMPANY : Name of the company, g:tmpl_company, default: not expanded
• MACRO_GUARD : Macro guard for use in c/c++ files. filename.h -> FILENAME_H. All dots(.) and dashes (-) present in filename are converted into underscores (_).
• MACRO_GUARD_FULL : Same as MACRO_GUARD, except relative path is used in place of file name. e.g. relative/to/filename.h -> RELATIVE_TO_FILENAME_H
• CLASS : class name, same as FILE
• CAMEL_CLASS : class name converted to camel case (first letters of words capitalized and underscores removed)
• CURSOR : This is a spacial placeholder, it does not expand into anything but the cursor is placed at this location after the template expansion