On 08:03 Wed 12 Sep , Ben Fritz wrote: > On Wednesday, September 12, 2012 8:22:44 AM UTC-5, Karthick wrote: > > Hello, > > > > > > I would like to modify the value of 'dir' option for a few specific > > files (e.g: all files in directory ~/Foo/). Had 'dir' been a buffer > > local option, it would have been a easy thing, > > au BufEnter ~/Foo/* set dir=newval > > > > But 'dir' is global across buffers. Can anyone suggest workarounds? > > > > > > I have tried > > au BufEnter ~/Foo/* call ChangeDir() > > au BufLeave ~/Foo/* call RevertDir() > > > > function ChangeDir() > > let b:tmp=&dir > > set dir=newval > > endfunction > > > > function RevertDir() > > exe 'set dir=' . b:tmp > > endfunction > > > > ..but BufEnter fires *after* swap file is created. > > > > If you want to know why I'm doing this - it is to prevent .swp files > > being created in my DropBox folder (and retain default behavior in all > > other cases) > > > > -Karthick > > I bet you could add BufReadPre to your BufEnter autocmd to get it to trigger > before swapfile creation. Maybe you'd need to add a BufReadPost to your > BufLeave event as well, so that the BufEnter doesn't save the wrong dir > option value. > > I'm not sure how to make it work when you create a new file. Possibly > BufNewFile will work, or you can always create the document outside of Vim > before editing. > > One workaround might be to set 'noswapfile' globally in your .vimrc, and set > 'swapfile' locally on BufEnter, after setting the correct 'dir' option. > > Another workaround, which is probably not worth using, is that if a file is > loaded with 'readonly' set, Vim doesn't create a swap file until the first > change. You might be able to take advantage of this.
What about this idea: function! ChangeSwap() let dir=&dir set dir=/tmp set swapfile! set swapfile! let &dir=dir endfunction au BufReadPost ../DrobBox/* :call ChangeSwap() It is not efficient since it recreates the swap file but you could try. Best, Marcin -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
