--- /dev/null
+# from grml
+_inplaceMkDirs() {
+ local PATHTOMKDIR
+ if ((REGION_ACTIVE==1)); then
+ local F=$MARK T=$CURSOR
+ if [[ $F -gt $T ]]; then
+ F=${CURSOR}
+ T=${MARK}
+ fi
+ # get marked area from buffer and eliminate whitespace
+ PATHTOMKDIR=${BUFFER[F+1,T]%%[[:space:]]##}
+ PATHTOMKDIR=${PATHTOMKDIR##[[:space:]]##}
+ else
+ local bufwords iword
+ bufwords=(${(z)LBUFFER})
+ iword=${#bufwords}
+ bufwords=(${(z)BUFFER})
+ PATHTOMKDIR="$bufwords[iword]"
+ fi
+ [[ -z "${PATHTOMKDIR}" ]] && return 1
+ if [[ -e "${PATHTOMKDIR}" ]]; then
+ zle -M " path already exists, doing nothing"
+ else
+ zle -M "$(mkdir -p -v "${PATHTOMKDIR}")"
+ zle end-of-line
+ fi
+}
+zle -N _inplaceMkDirs && bindkey '^xm' _inplaceMkDirs