text: import vim
  from os import rmdir
  from os.path import expanduser, split
  
  
  def get_save_dir():
      return expanduser(vim.eval("g:pad#dir")).replace("\\", "\\\\")
  
  
  def make_sure_dir_is_empty(path):  # {{{1
      try:
          rmdir(split(path)[0])
      except:
          pass
  
  