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

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