Max Dyckhoff wrote: > I have some issues with the working directory in vim that I really > cannot get to the bottom of. I have tried looking through the help, and > I've searched the Interweb too, to no avail, so I thought I would turn > to this trusty mailing list! > > I operate a single vim instance with multiple files open in multiple > splits. The common working directory for my code files is > c:\<project>\main\source\, and the majority of the files therein lie in > ai\<filename>. Normally the vim split status line shows the file as > being ai\<filename>, namely the relative path from the working directory > of c:\<project>\main\source\. > > When I open a new file - which I invariably do using "sf <filename>", as > I have all the appropriate directories in my path - occasionally the > statusline shows as the absolute path, namely > c:\<project>\main\source\ai\<filename>. If I perform the command "cd > c:\<project>\main\source", then the status line fixes itself. It should > be noted that the status line is only incorrect for the new file; > existing files are still fine.
"occasionally" is the key here. Can you figure out when this happens? -- Just think of all the things we haven't thought of yet. /// Bram Moolenaar -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://www.Moolenaar.net \\\ /// sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ \\\ \\\ download, build and distribute -- http://www.A-A-P.org /// \\\ help me help AIDS victims -- http://ICCF-Holland.org ///
