From d24a25f7959197361f0ccfd08d5e8308abb6859c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tom Ryder <tom@sanctum.geek.nz>
Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2019 17:14:57 +1200
Subject: Add basic homebrew scratch buffer plugin

Thanks to crose in Freenode #vim for a hint about `:help <mods>`.
---
 vim/autoload/scratch.vim | 11 +++++++++++
 vim/plugin/scratch.vim   |  2 ++
 vim/vimrc                |  6 ++++++
 3 files changed, 19 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 vim/autoload/scratch.vim
 create mode 100644 vim/plugin/scratch.vim

diff --git a/vim/autoload/scratch.vim b/vim/autoload/scratch.vim
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bf6566dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vim/autoload/scratch.vim
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+function! scratch#(mods, count, ...) abort
+  let command = []
+  call add(command, a:mods)
+  if a:count
+    call add(command, a:count)
+  endif
+  call add(command, 'new')
+  call extend(command, a:000)
+  execute join(command)
+  set buftype=nofile
+endfunction
diff --git a/vim/plugin/scratch.vim b/vim/plugin/scratch.vim
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..399f5a31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vim/plugin/scratch.vim
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+command! -bar -count=0 -nargs=* Scratch
+      \ call scratch#(<q-mods>, <q-count>, <f-args>)
diff --git a/vim/vimrc b/vim/vimrc
index d8c40e38..b9b491e9 100644
--- a/vim/vimrc
+++ b/vim/vimrc
@@ -1625,6 +1625,12 @@ xmap <Leader>7 <Leader>&
 "" Leader,*/8 is sticky-star: search, highlight, but don't move
 nnoremap <silent> <Leader>* *N
 nmap <Leader>8 <Leader>*
+"" Leader,` opens a scratch buffer, horizontally split
+nnoremap <silent> <Leader>`
+      \ :<C-U>Scratch<CR>
+"" Leader,~ opens a scratch buffer, vertically split
+nnoremap <silent> <Leader>~
+      \ :<C-U>vertical Scratch<CR>
 
 " And last, but definitely not least, I'm required by Vim fanatic law to
 " include a mapping that reloads my whole configuration.  This uses the
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