How to run a vim script interactively from vim command line?

Question

Is there a way to run these scripts from the : commandline with a few keystrokes?

Over the last couple of months, I\'ve built a series of fi

Answer 1

Script or function? If it is a function, try

:call FunctionName() 

Answer 2

Open Vim and enter the following:

:source /path/to/vim/file/name.vim

If you are currently editing that file, you can also type:

:w <ENTER>
:source % <ENTER>

The percent sign (%) means the path to the currently opened file.

Answer 3

:run file.vim

:run is like :source, but :run doesn't need the path. It searches the runtimepath.

A Linux runtimepath:

$HOME/.vim,
$VIM/vimfiles,
$VIMRUNTIME,
$VIM/vimfiles/after,
$HOME/.vim/after

Answer 4

You could use the command feature of vim. In your unit_test_cpp.vim file you would add something like this:

command Utc call CreateUnitTests()

Now when you type :Utc it will call your function. The only limitation is that your command must start with an uppercase letter.