I'm trying to identify a pattern in the madness, but so far as I can see it is just "randomly". Sometimes I think I have found concrete reproduction steps, but then I repeat them in a clean environment and it doesn't happen, but a while later it happens again. Give me time, I'll get to the bottom of it!
MAx > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2006 12:30 PM > To: Max Dyckhoff > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Working directory problems > > > 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 > ///
