created July 19, 2004 · complexity basic · author Amir Salihefendic · version 5.7
I was really annoyed by the lack of Vim support by the FTP applications found on Mac OS X. None of them support Vim as an external editor. But there is a solution.
Download FTPeel (http://freshlysqueezedsoftware.com/products/ftpeel/). It's a great FTP app that has a feature called MagicMirror.
Here is it how it works:
- Define a local folder as a site root.
- Define a remote server as the mirror.
- Drag any files you want mirrored to FTPeel's dock icon!
Well - This features also works from Vim. That is, you open a local file, edit it and press some shortcuts to paste the file to FTPeel -- and FTPeel does its work.
FTPeel had a bug, but I have manually fixed it.
Here is what you need to add to your vimrc:
" FTPeel MagicMirror support
fun! MagicMirrorIt()
let path = substitute(expand("%:p"), '/', ":", "g")
let nice_path = substitute(path, "^:", "", "")
execute('!osascript -e "tell application \"FTPeel\" to open \"' . nice_path . '\""')
endfun
map <C-S> :call MagicMirrorIt()<CR>
First set up FTPeel. Then open your local file and when you want to upload it on the world wide web -- just hit Control-s