On 2007-03-07, "A.J.Mechelynck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Gary Johnson wrote:
> > On 2007-03-07, Zarko Coklin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> Hi all!
> >>
> >> I am trying to automate my Vim setup as much as
> >> possible. On my PC I have 2 directories for 2
> >> different releases.
> >>
> >> C:\Code_Rel1
> >> C:\Code_Rel2
> >>
> >> At a very top level in each of these directories I
> >> have ctags files. How can I setup Vim so that it
> >> sources right ctags file depending from I started Vim.
> >> For example, if I go under Code_Rel1 and in Windows
> >> use right click to open file in one of subdirectories,
> >> ctags should be picked up from C:\Code_Rel1 and not
> >> from C:\Code_Rel2.
> >>
> >> Hard coding path to ctags in .vimrc is not an option,
> >> cause it will not work well if I right-click to open
> >> file from another release directory.
> >>
> >> Any thoughts on how this can be achieved?
> >
> > If you don't mind adding a command to your .vimrc for each ctags
> > file, you could do this:
> >
> > au BufRead,BufNewFile C:/Code_Rel1/* set tags=C:/Code_Rel1/tags
> > au BufRead,BufNewFile C:/Code_Rel2/* set tags=C:/Code_Rel2/tags
> >
> > HTH,
> > Gary
> >
>
> ...and if the directory trees can have more than one level, then use instead
>
> au BufRead,BufNewFile C:/CodeRel1/**/*
> \ setlocal tags=C:/CodeRel1/tags
> au BufRead,BufNewFile C:/CodeRel2/**/*
> \ setlocal tags=C:/CodeRel2/tags
> etc.
>
> Notice the use of ":setlocal" to avoid clobbering the 'tags' setting for
> other windows opened in the same Vim instance.
Thanks for pointing out the setlocal issue--I had forgotten that
'tags' could be made local.
However, the **/* is not necessary. The pattern "C:/Code_Rel1/*"
will match any file under the C:/Code_Rel1 directory, including, for
example, C:/Code_Rel1/foo/bar/thingy.txt.
Regards,
Gary
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Gary Johnson | Agilent Technologies
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| Spokane, Washington, USA
