Rename a file you have open

[toothrot]

I think it might be useful to be able to rename the file being worked on from inside the editor, maybe adding rename to the tab context menu, or ctrl+click on the tab?

I know you can rename the buffer, and then save the file, and then delete the other file...heh

Any other quick way to rename a file and keep it open?

- toothrot

[EJ12N]

Not that I know of but very possible with a plugin

[toothrot]

Not that I know of but very possible with a plugin

You're right, I know there's an openInCurrentTab, however, I will lose my undo history because it's actually a new view...

Also, I can't get it to work.

This is what I'm trying without success in the console:

view.window().runCommand('openInCurrentTab', [r'c:\somefile.txt'])

(if I use the 'open' command instead, it opens the file correctly, in a new tab of course.)

It prompts me for a filename. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Anyhow, plugin aside, I just thought it would be useful to be able to rename from the tab and keep the undo history.


-toothrot

[EJ12N]

Ok here's the plugin for all of you, enjoy it

Code: Select all

import sublime, sublimeplugin, os, functools

class renameCurrentTab(sublimeplugin.WindowCommand):
   def run(self, window, args):
      view = window.activeView()
      current_name = os.path.basename(view.fileName())
      current_dir = os.path.dirname(view.fileName())
      window.showInputPanel("New Tab Name:", current_name,
            functools.partial(self.doRename, window, current_name, current_dir), None, None)

   def doRename(self, window, current_name, current_dir, new_name):
      old_name_path = os.path.join(current_dir, current_name)
      new_name_path = os.path.join(current_dir, new_name)
      os.rename(old_name_path, new_name_path)
      window.runCommand('close')
      window.openFile(new_name_path.replace('\\','/'))

To add it to your context menu or tab context menu read this:
viewtopic.php?p=4151#p4151

NOTE TO JON: Apparently openInCurrentTab is BUGGY! it does NOT accept any arguments, it will always ask you for a file to open
beta 20100201

[toothrot]

Thanks for that, it's not all that different from what I'm already using..

Hopefully the powers that be might think renaming while preserving undo history is useful enough to spend a little time on...

At the very least a fixed openinCurrentTab will improve things a bit

[EJ12N]

Thanks for that, it's not all that different from what I'm already using..

Hopefully the powers that be might think renaming while preserving undo history is useful enough to spend a little time on...

At the very least a fixed openinCurrentTab will improve things a bit

Agree.

[GreyWyvern]

EJ12N, would you be able to extend that plugin so that it can also make a backup? One of the things I find myself doing often is wanting to make big changes to a file I have open, but I want to save a backup first, so first I would Save As... with a new filename, then I would close it and reopen the file I was originally editing. This also removes the undo history

It would be nice if there was a "Save backup" command that would save the current file but tack on a ".bak" extension, while keeping the current file open.

[gpfsmurf]

Did you try the "Automatic Backups" plugin?

[toothrot]

+1 for "Save As Copy.." if that's what you mean Grey Wyvern

[GreyWyvern]

Did you try the "Automatic Backups" plugin?

I don't want to make automatic backups. Every now and then I am working on a file that is part of a larger framework, like a website or a source repository, so I want to keep editing the file using the same filename; but I also want to save a version of it before I start doing the edits, in case it messes up everything, so I can easily restore it.

+1 for "Save As Copy.." if that's what you mean Grey Wyvern

Yup, exactly. It's just Save As... except the current view sticks with the previous file rather than moving to the new one.