:cd and :E
Hi vim(m?)ers, If I :cd to another directory and then :E to browse through I get the directory where the current buffer resides. Is this correct/wanted behavior? And if so why? Thanks, Paul.
RE: :cd and :E
From :help :E, it looks like it is the correct behaviour. :Explore[!] [dir]... Explore directory of current file If you want to explore an arbitrary directory, then just add the directory that you :cd into to the :E command. I don't know of a command to browse the current working directory, sorry! Max -Original Message- From: Paul Irofti [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2006 2:59 PM To: vim@vim.org Subject: :cd and :E Hi vim(m?)ers, If I :cd to another directory and then :E to browse through I get the directory where the current buffer resides. Is this correct/wanted behavior? And if so why? Thanks, Paul.
Fwd: Re: :cd and :E
It's to late apparently, it seems I only replied to Max, sorry about that too. :-( -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: Re: :cd and :E Date: Sunday 03 September 2006 01:10 From: Paul Irofti [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Max Dyckhoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sunday 03 September 2006 01:08, you wrote: From :help :E, it looks like it is the correct behaviour. :Explore[!] [dir]... Explore directory of current file Damn, I forgot to lookup the command in :he. Sorry about that... If you want to explore an arbitrary directory, then just add the directory that you :cd into to the :E command. I don't know of a command to browse the current working directory, sorry! If anyone else knows a command that will follow the behavior I expected please let me know, otherwise I'll just add another macro ;) Max -Original Message- From: Paul Irofti [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2006 2:59 PM To: vim@vim.org Subject: :cd and :E Hi vim(m?)ers, If I :cd to another directory and then :E to browse through I get the directory where the current buffer resides. Is this correct/wanted behavior? And if so why? Thanks, Paul. ---
RE: :cd and :E
I am so dense sometimes, I should have thought of that instantly :) Max -Original Message- From: A.J.Mechelynck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2006 3:45 PM To: Max Dyckhoff Cc: Paul Irofti; vim@vim.org Subject: Re: :cd and :E Max Dyckhoff wrote: From :help :E, it looks like it is the correct behaviour. :Explore[!] [dir]... Explore directory of current file If you want to explore an arbitrary directory, then just add the directory that you :cd into to the :E command. I don't know of a command to browse the current working directory, sorry! Max To browse the current directory (under Vim 7), use :edit ./ I suppose :Explore . (with a dot at the end) would also work, including in earlier Vim versions where Explorer was a different plugin than netrw. The single dot means the current directory. Best regards, Tony.
Re: :cd and :E
On Sunday 03 September 2006 01:47, Max Dyckhoff wrote: I am so dense sometimes, I should have thought of that instantly :) Max -Original Message- From: A.J.Mechelynck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2006 3:45 PM To: Max Dyckhoff Cc: Paul Irofti; vim@vim.org Subject: Re: :cd and :E Max Dyckhoff wrote: From :help :E, it looks like it is the correct behaviour. :Explore[!] [dir]... Explore directory of current file If you want to explore an arbitrary directory, then just add the directory that you :cd into to the :E command. I don't know of a command to browse the current working directory, sorry! Max To browse the current directory (under Vim 7), use :edit ./ I suppose :Explore . (with a dot at the end) would also work, including in earlier Vim versions where Explorer was a different plugin than netrw. The single dot means the current directory. Best regards, Tony. Hehe, I never thought of using . either, it's just what I wanted:) Thanks a lot guys!
Re: :cd and :E
Quoting Paul Irofti [EMAIL PROTECTED]: If I :cd to another directory and then :E to browse through I get the directory where the current buffer resides. Is this correct/wanted behavior? And if so why? You might also want to consider setting g:netrw_keepdir=0 in your .vimrc. By default g:netrw_keepdir is 1, which means that the current directory is not necessarily the same as the browsing directory. If you set it to zero, then the current directory (that vim displays with :pwd) will be the same as the browsing directory. Regards, Chip Campbell
