[mini.files] Copy relative/full path of get_fs_entry()

[felpafel]

Hello, recently I switched to mini.files and I'm having a good experience.

One common feature file explorers have is the ability to copy relative and full paths, and I think this could be a feature provided out of the box by this plugin.

Yank full path:

vim.keymap.set('n', 'Y', function()
    local entry = MiniFiles.get_fs_entry()
    if entry then
        vim.fn.setreg('"', entry.path)
        vim.notify('Yanked full path')
    end
end, { buffer = 0 })

Yank relative path:

':~:.' can be found in the docs :h filename-modifiers (For maximum shortness, use ":~:.".)
':gs?\?/?' can be found in the docs on examples. Used to normalize the path separator since mini.files uses '/' even on Windows.

vim.keymap.set('n', 'yy', function()
    local entry = MiniFiles.get_fs_entry()
    if entry then
        vim.fn.setreg('"', vim.fn.fnamemodify(entry.path, ':~:.:gs?\\?/?'))
        vim.notify('Yanked relative path')
    end
end, { buffer = 0 })

Of course this is only a suggestion, thanks for your time.

demo.mp4

[echasnovski]

Thanks for the suggestion!

This indeed looks useful, but I'd rather leave this kind of configuration to the user. Mostly because although Y and yy are relevant candidates, they do not feel unambiguous. The built-in Y copies from the cursor column to the end of line, which itself might be a useful operation. So my initial instinct is that it should be used for relative path, while yy` (copy full line) for full path.

... Used to normalize the path separator since mini.files uses '/' even on Windows.

Yes, and this still is OK because modern-ish Windows supports it as a path separator.