templates.vim

Simple Vim plugin to load some predefined file template. For example when I begin writing new LaTeX document, first thing what is needed to do is write some prelude, usepackage, etc., which is nearly the same for all documents, so I always copy template from my ~/Templates folder. This plugin should simplify this workflow.

This plugin adds only one command Template, without any configuration, which look into the templates folder, print list of templates (if more than one template exists) and content of the selected template paste into current buffer. Templates are filtered by their filetype, see below.

Templates

Templates are files with some predefined content, nothing more. They must be placed into your ~/.vim/templates folder and their name must be <name>.<filetype> or <filetype>/<name> (in subfolder).

~/.vim/templates
├── html                        # templates for ft=html
│   ├── bootstrap.html
│   └── simple.html
├── make                        # templates for ft=make
│   ├── c.make
│   ├── cpp.make
│   └── tex.make
├── tex                         # templates for ft=tex
│   ├── article.tex
│   ├── beamer.tex
│   ├── book.tex
│   ├── letter.tex
│   └── simple.tex
├── index.php                   # template for ft=php
└── click.python                # template for ft=python

Installation

If you don't have a preferred installation method, one option is to install pathogen.vim, and then copy and paste following commands into terminal:

cd ~/.vim/bundle
git clone https://github.com/fpob/templates.vim