Bash alias to compile coffeescript from within file

Question

Inside vim while writing a coffeescript file I use the following command to compile:

  !coffeescript -c %

I tried creating a bash alias for this called cc . Inside my root path I put the file named cc with the following contents !coffeescript -c % and then try to run it from within my coffeescript file but it does not work.

How can I create an alias that will compile coffeescript while I am inside Vim editing the file?

Answer 1

You probably want to create a vim mapping. Something like this in your ~/.vimrc

nmap <Leader>cc :!coffeescript -c %<CR>

Then, in normal mode, you hit \\ c c ¹ , the mapping invokes the command.

^1. backslash is the default "mapleader" character, you can define it to be something else.