some nice native vim stuff

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/vim/vimrc b/vim/vimrc
index 2c8807c..d5f4e8b 100644
--- a/vim/vimrc
+++ b/vim/vimrc
@@ -84,6 +84,9 @@ if executable('rg')
 	set grepprg=rg\ --color=never\ --vimgrep
 endif
 
+" From Practical Vim p101 - Easy expansion of Active File Directory
+cnoremap <expr> %% getcmdtype() == ':' ? expand('%:h').'/' : '%%'
+
 " i don't bother with folding, but it's here if i need it.
 if has('folding')
 	set foldmethod=marker
@@ -91,6 +94,9 @@ if has('folding')
 	set viewoptions=folds,options,cursor,unix,slash
 endif
 
+" Check whether any buffers have been updated outside of vim
+nnoremap <F5> :checktime<CR>
+
 " clear search highlights
 nnoremap <leader><space> :noh<cr>:call clearmatches()<cr>