Throw away the path absolution hooks

Too awkward, not worth it, especially the mess it makes of alternate
files.

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 41 deletions

diff --git a/autoload/write_mkpath.vim b/autoload/write_mkpath.vim
index 6c55e78..8a3ac9d 100644
--- a/autoload/write_mkpath.vim
+++ b/autoload/write_mkpath.vim
@@ -1,35 +1,6 @@
-" Handle a buffer created for a new file; anchor its filename to be absolute
-" if it's relative and the directory path doesn't yet exist; this stops Vim
-" trying to save in the wrong place if the user changes directory before
-" writing the buffer
-function! write_mkpath#New(path) abort
-
-  " We don't have fnameescape(); this old Vim < v7.1.299 is likely too buggy
-  " to handle the buffer renaming for paths safely, so better not to mess with
-  " it and instead to stick with suboptimal but consistent behaviour
-  if !exists('*fnameescape')
-    return
-  endif
-
-  " Path exists, or is absolute; we don't need to do anything
-  if isdirectory(fnamemodify(a:path, ':h'))
-        \ || s:Absolute(a:path)
-    return
-  endif
-
-  " Set filename to absolute path using :file {name}; do it silently so that
-  " the nice name remains displayed to the user.  Record the name of the
-  " alternate buffer first, so we can put it back after :file messes with it.
-  execute 'silent file '.fnameescape(getcwd().'/'.a:path)
-
-  " Wipe the unlisted alternate buffer that :file leaves behind
-  bwipe #
-
-endfunction
-
 " Handle a :write operation; prompt for directory creation if needed with
 " 'confirm', force it with :write!
-function! write_mkpath#Write(path) abort
+function! write_mkpath#(path) abort
 
   " Get all directory elements leading up to directory
   let dir = fnamemodify(a:path, ':h')
@@ -56,14 +27,3 @@ function! write_mkpath#Write(path) abort
   endif
 
 endfunction
-
-" Clumsy and probably wrong helper function to check if a path is absolute
-function! s:Absolute(path) abort
-  if has('unix')
-    return a:path =~# '^/'    " Leading slash on Unix
-  elseif has('win32') || has('win64')
-    return a:path =~# '^\u:'  " e.g. C: -- I'm not sure this is right
-  else
-    echoerr 'Unrecognised operating system'
-  endif
-endfunction