created July 30, 2002 · complexity basic · author Thomas R. Kimpton · version 5.7
I wanted to have a single key stroke that would save existing files, or call the file browser.
Here's a key map for Ctrl-S to accomplish that (place in vimrc file):
" If the current buffer has never been saved, it will have no name, " call the file browser to save it, otherwise just save it. command -nargs=0 -bar Update if &modified \| if empty(bufname('%')) \| browse confirm write \| else \| confirm write \| endif \|endif nnoremap <silent> <C-S> :<C-u>Update<CR>
Note that in terminal you must somehow disable interpreting <C-s>
by the terminal itself. You may try to use an alias for this:
# zsh alias vim="stty stop '' -ixoff ; vim" # `Frozing' tty, so after any command terminal settings will be restored ttyctl -f # bash # No ttyctl, so we need to save and then restore terminal settings vim() { # osx users, use stty -g local STTYOPTS="$(stty --save)" stty stop '' -ixoff command vim "$@" stty "$STTYOPTS" }
Or you can just always run
stty -ixon
in your .bashrc or terminal to disable flow control for that terminal completely (not just for vim).
Comments[]
Recommend an imap for the same functionality so one can hit ctrl-s without having to make sure one isn't in insert mode:
:inoremap <c-s> <Esc>:Update<CR>
If one prefers to return to insert mode after the save, the following mapping may be used instead:
:inoremap <c-s> <c-o>:Update<CR>
Has the nice advantage of allowing one to save in the middle of typing. (I actually have two different keys mapped, one for each of the two above behaviours.)
Also a mapping in visual mode is useful, 'gv' preserves the previous selection (so you can save without losing your selection):
vmap <C-s> <esc>:w<CR>gv
I use:
:inoremap <c-s> <c-o>:Update<CR><CR>
So that the confirmation doesn't hold you up.
mswin.vim (included with GVim 6.2 for windows) defines:
" Use CTRL-S for saving, also in Insert mode noremap <C-S> :update<CR> vnoremap <C-S> <C-C>:update<CR> inoremap <C-S> <C-O>:update<CR>
To enable mswin.vim in vim 7+, just add the following to your .vimrc:
source $VIMRUNTIME/mswin.vim