Noah Spurrier wrote:
How do I configure Gvim so that the current directory
follows the active document?
I know I've seen this somewhere in the Vim docs, but
none of my searches are turning it up now.
When I'm editing a document in Gvim,
I find that Gvim always uses my home directory as the working directory.
If I use ":w newname" to save the current file under a new name
the new file appears in my home directory rather than the
directory of the current file. The same happens if I enter
":split ." to open a new file in my project. I first see my
home directory. I have to browse back to my project directory.
I would like ":split ." to open the same directory as my active document.
I have the same problem with ":make"!
I don't have this problem with vim from the command-line because
I usually start vim from my project directory so the
current working directory is already set.
I'm using Gvim 7.0 under Linux Ubuntu 6.10
Yours,
Noah
- To always change to the directory of the current file
:set autochdir
I find this very disturbing, though, because after ":split subdir/file" I'll
find myself editing "file" with the current dir changed without me having
issued any change-dir command. I prefer using ":lcd" explicitly, and not
necessarily to the file's dir.
- To change (once) to the dir of the current file
:cd %:p:h
- To change a single window's local directory to that of its file without
touching the other windows
:lcd %:p:h
Note: The status-line of each window will show you its file path relative to
the current working directory. You may want to set
:set laststatus=2
to always have a status line on all windows.
Best regards,
Tony.
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