Extends stock zipPlugin.vim to allow recursively browsing and writing Zip files.

VimL and system calls only (zip, unzip and copy file).

• Vim 7.4✝ or Neovim 0.1.7.

✝ Confirmed working on Vim 7.4-1024 for Windows.

In $PATH:

• an unzip compatible command.

In $PATH:

• a zip compatible command.

If you're using Vim 8.0 or greater (if :echo has("packages") returns 1), you can add vim-rzip as a package.

When you're done with the following steps make sure to read about packages: :h packages.

• If your .vim folder is NOT a Git repository:

$ mkdir -p ~/.vim/pack/bundle/start
$ cd ~/.vim/pack/bundle/start
start $ git clone 'https://github.com/lbrayner/vim-rzip'

• If your .vim folder IS a Git repository:

$ mkdir -p ~/.vim/pack/bundle/start
$ cd ~/.vim
.vim $ git submodule add 'https://github.com/lbrayner/vim-rzip' pack/bundle/start/vim-rzip

This will install vim-rzip as a git submodule.

Either vim-pathogen or Vundle are recommended.

When you open a file with any of these extensions (per default) — .apk, .celzip, .crtx, .docm, .docx, .dotm, .dotx, .ear, .epub, .gcsx, .glox, .gqsx, .ja, .jar, .kmz, .oxt, .potm, .potx, .ppam, .ppsm, .ppsx, .pptm, .pptx, .sldx, .thmx, .vdw, .war, .wsz, .xap, .xlam, .xlam, .xlsb, .xlsm, .xlsx, .xltm, .xltx, .xpi, .zip — you'll see the default zipPlugin.vim message, except that the version, on the first line, should have a m-rzip suffix (e.g. v27m-rzip).

Extra file extensions can be added with g:rzipPlugin_extra_ext. For example:

let g:rzipPlugin_extra_ext = '*.odt,*.mfh'

On Unix-like operating systems, just install the zip and unzip packages.

You can get the unzip.exe binary for Windows here.

A zip-compatible program need only implement the -u (update) command line switch. An example of a zip-compatible dosbatch script for Windows using 7zip:

@echo off

if "%~1" == "-u" (
    if not "%~2" == "" (
        if not "%~3" == "" (
            if "%~4" == "" (
                7z u %2 %3
                exit /b 0
            )
        )
    )
)

7z %*

Save this as zip.bat and put in your $PATH.