Krzysztof MaJ wrote:
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Hi,
I have a question. If I open my GVIM from the Dock and after that I open
some file from the gui it sets PWD to my home directory not to the place
from the file really is. If I open the same file clicking on it in
Finder VIM sets PWD to the right place (to directory from this file is).
I have written above lines to my .gvimrc but without any effects. Could
somebody explain me what's going on? It's really frustrating because if
I don't change the path manually forgetting about it, GVIM write my file
in the home directory not in the place where it really is, making two
diffrent copies of it.
How to correct it?
Cheers,
--Pozdrawiam - Krzysztof Maj
I'm a Mac now, are you PC?
Oh, dear... ;-)
By default, Vim doesn't change directories when you open a file. If you open
Vim from the Dock, without a filename, the current dir is your home directory.
If you later edit one or more files, the current directory is unchanged. If
you want to edit a file which is not in the current dir, you should specify
the path as part of the argument to the ":edit" command. (You can use
command-line completion repeatedly to complete one subdirectory or file name
at a time.) If you type just ":e filename", then if "filename" doesn't exist
in the current directory, Vim will assume that you want to create a new file
there.
If, instead, you click a file in Finder, the OS sets the current directory to
that file's directory, then invokes Vim.
If Vim is compiled with +netbeans_intg or with +sun_workshop, you can set
'autochdir'. This will change the current directory whenever you edit a new
file, switch buffers, etc., so the current directory will follow the current
file. Vim will still not "guess" a directory name (how could it?): ":e
filename" with no path, still means that you want to edit (or create) a file
in the current directory, whatever it is.
Alternately, you can use
:autocmd BufWinEnter * lcd %:p:h
which will set a "local directory" for each buffer. This alternative only
requires +autocmd, which is included in "Normal", "Big" and "Huge" builds of Vim.
Personally, I've tried it, and I've found that I don't like directory changes
happening, so to speak, "behind my back". I prefer that directories only be
changed when I use ":cd" or ":lcd" explicitly. (YMMV)
In any case, each window's status line (when present) displays the path to the
file in that window, relative to the current directory if possible, or
otherwise as an absolute path.
See
:help 'autochdir'
:help :autocmd
:help BufWinEnter
:help :cd
:help :lcd
:help 'laststatus'
Best regards,
Tony.
