added a vim function to copy link to last buffer

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/vim/vimrc b/vim/vimrc
index 1a501c9..47403df 100644
--- a/vim/vimrc
+++ b/vim/vimrc
@@ -129,6 +129,14 @@ if has('folding')
 	set viewoptions=folds,options,cursor,unix,slash
 endif
 
+" from https://www.reddit.com/r/vim/comments/f5gi2g/vim_notetaking_automatic_link_creation_between/
+" copies a link from file from previous buffer for pasting into
+" next buffer with "ap
+function! s:copy_filename_as_mdlink()
+	    let fname=expand("%")
+		let @a="[" . fname . "](./" . fname. ")"
+endfunction
+autocmd BufLeave * call s:copy_filename_as_mdlink()
 
 " vim-plug
 call plug#begin('~/.vim/plugged')