created by

Christian J. Robinson

script type

utility

description

This file provides a function to create a menu that mirrors a directory tree. Usage: CreateMenuPath({path} [, {configuration dictionary options}]) Examples: :call CreateMenuPath('~')   " Creates a menu of your home directory. :call CreateMenuPath('~/public_html', {'menu': 'Files.Web Page', 'priority': '600.100', 'ignore_pats': ['\c.\(gif\|jpe\=g\|png\|ico\|bmp\|tiff\=\)$'], 'recurse_limit': 10)  " "Files.Web Page" menu, priority 600.100, ignoring some image files, maximum depth of 10 subdirectories. A default filename ignore pattern is provided which ignores a number of image, audio and archive files, but it's incomplete. The global variable "CMP_Recurse_Limit" can be set to specify the maximum sub-directory depth to scan.  Set it to 0 for infinite recursion (bad idea, likely to fail).  Set it to 1 to scan only the specified directory.

install details

Either :source it or put it in your plugin directory.

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package	script version	date	Vim version	user	release notes
CreateMenuPath.vim	4.1	2026-05-21	9.1	Christian J. Robinson	- Corrections and fixes - A known bug exists where a lot of recursion starts causing errors
CreateMenuPath.vim	4.0	2026-05-21	9.1	Christian J. Robinson	- Somehow the script has been broken for a long time - Breaking change: Change function arguments syntax
CreateMenuPath.vim	3.0	2022-08-22	9.0	Christian J. Robinson	- Update for Vim 9 (no new features)
CreateMenuPath.vim	2.0	2008-05-23	7.0	Christian J. Robinson	Update for Vim7:   - Allow more than one ignore pattern argument   - Looping over the found files is simpler
CreateMenuPath.vim	1.5	2002-03-15	6.0	Christian J. Robinson	- Don't add a / or \ before the glob pattern if it's already there. (Fixes that a path of 'c:' wouldn't work.)
CreateMenuPath.vim	1.4	2002-01-24	6.0	Christian J. Robinson	CMP_Recurse_Limit global variable added.
CreateMenuPath.vim	1.3	2002-01-18	6.0	Christian J. Robinson	- Use a dummy menu item to prevent a torn off menu from disappearing. (Does not work in the PopUp menu.)
CreateMenuPath.vim	1.2	2002-01-10	6.0	Christian J. Robinson	- Rescan menu item didn't work. - Escape some characters in CD Here menu item. - Create a ...More menu when the number of menu items exceeds 30, and add shortcut keys.
CreateMenuPath.vim	1.1	2002-01-10	6.0	Christian J. Robinson	- Two menu items added:  "CD Here" and "Rescan" - Clear the menu out before building it.  (Marcin Juszkiewicz)

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