On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 1:15 PM, ppi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I use: > autocmd BufEnter * lcd %:p:h > > If there is something better, I am interested. > > -- paulo > > On Nov 14, 2:54 pm, madiyaan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello: > > > > Is there a way to open a file relative to the current file's > > directory? > > > See :help 'autochdir'
> > > I do not want to change the directory to the current file's directory > > because I often invoke :!make from the source directory's root. (But > > maybe there is a way to change to the current directory, and go back > > to the root directory before invoking main... that would be equally > > useful to me). > > > > For example, I am in project/ and I invoke: > > > > vim lib/tools/tool1.cpp > > > > I don't want to change my directory to project/lib/tools/ because when > > I invoke :!make, it will use the Makefile in project/lib/tools/ and > > not the one that I intend to use, which lies in project/. I am wanting > > to know whether I can easily open up project/lib/tools/tool2.cpp > > without typing in the entire path. > > > > Regards, > > > > -- Erik Falor Registered Linux User #445632 http://counter.li.org --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---