vim and NERD Tree extension - adding a file

Question

Is there an easy way to add a file in nerd tree? Currently I go into my shell, add the file and then refresh the tree.

Answer 1

from vim you can run shell commands. So in this case I use:

:!touch somefile.txt

and then hit 'r' to reload the nerdtree window.

The other thing to do is to just start the new file from within vim.

:e somefile.txt

One handy thing for this is that in my .vimrc I auto change the cwd to the directory my current file is in:

" Auto change the directory to the current file I'm working on

autocmd BufEnter * lcd %:p:h

This way if I'm editing a file and want another one in the same place the path is changed right there. Opening any file from NERDTree sets the directory to the one that file is in.

Answer 2

Activate the NERDTree and navigate to the directory in which the new file should live. Then press m to bring up the NERDTree Filesystem Menu and chose a for "add child node". Then simply enter the file's (or directory's name) and you're done.