Macro to easily create file in cwd.

[EricHenry]

This is a super handy mapping for creating a file in your current working directory. Uses a combination of the keybinding to select a register and prompt key-bindings to fill in the prompt with the current path minus the current file.

[keys.normal.space]
o = "@:o <C-r>%<C-w>"

[David-Else]

On master I get the following, with nothing for the home dir ~, I have also merged #2608 which maybe to blame:

Is there a bug now?

[David-Else]

Thanks for doing that! are you able to test on just the master branch, to verify?

I am a bit busy, I am sure if it works on your master and not mine with the path completion PR then it must be the PR. I am using Linux.

[EricHenry]

yeah same here, also on linux.

[gabydd]

Hmm which directories is your current working directory the .config/helix without ~/ should be fine if your helix cwd is ~

[David-Else]

I don't remember how I originally opened the file, but If I open config.toml from the command line inside the config dir:

Run the macro and get:

I can now enter a filename and save it, and it does appear in the CWD.

I am not sure why @EricHenry is getting the ~, I am just opening from Kitty inside the directory itself.

[EricHenry]

I didn't open helix in the ~ directory. I was in a project directory, then opened the config file, lastly I triggered the macro. That may be why it shows the path with ~

[nik-rev]

I've made a PR which adds a register / specifically for this purpose, which contains the parent directory of the current file.

It'll make creating files a lot more nice if it's merged. Especially since on master the % register doesn't seem to provide the absolute path, but just the name of the current file.

#12037