On 2020-04-17, DwigtArmyOfChampions wrote: > I am using gVim on Windows. I open a file in C:\tmp called > file1.cpp. After looking around in file1.cpp I now want to open > file2.cpp which is also in C:\tmp. So I run the command > > :e .\file2.cpp > > But this doesn’t work because the “.” is C:\Windows\system32. Is > there a different character or function or variable I can use in > command mode to designate “the directory that the current file is > in”?
One way: :e %:h/file2.cpp %:h will expand to the parent directory of the current file. Another way: :e ^R% where ^R is Ctrl-R, will put the current file name on the command line where you can edit it to the file name you want. See :help filename-modifiers :help c_CTRL-R Regards, Gary -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vim_use+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/20200417152247.GA22179%40phoenix.