On 23-Mar-13 17:26:13 +0100, Bram Moolenaar wrote: > Christian Brabandt wrote: > >> On Sa, 23 Mär 2013, Marcin Szamotulski wrote: >> >>> Dear Vim_Dev, >>> >>> If one is in the directory of the current file '%:h:h' expands to '.', >>> while it should expand tas '%:p:h:h' does. This is probably is not very >>> useful case since using '../' is much simpler, though it might be used >>> in a plugin (I've never been hit by this though). Expansion of '%:h:h' >>> works fine when the current directory is not where the current file is. >>> >>> Another, similar issue is when the current file is: >>> /home/user/directory/file.txt >>> and the current directory is >>> /home/user >>> >>> Then both '%:h:h' and '%:h:h:h' expand to '.'. >> >> I think this patch fixes it. It does so, by noticing, whether *fnamep >> has been set to '.' and if so and we are still trying to resolve one >> level up, will resolve '.' to an absolute path. > > I don't really like this. If one wants to go above the current > directory you can use ":p". > What problem are we fixing here?
I would prefer Christian's changed behavior. As it stands now, you have to always use :p:h:h to avoid that the upwards move stops at ".". If you forget about this corner case, it's likely a bug; I can't think of using this behavior deliberately. > If it's not there then turning the path into an absolute path is, > well, unexpected. Can't we change the patch so that it turns into the relative upwards move ".." (then "../..", etc.)?! This way, it stays relative, and one has to use :p to get absolute paths. -- regards, ingo -- -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" 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_dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
