also, check out VTreeExplorer -- I would quit using computers if I couldn't have this plugin.
http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=184 On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 5:16 PM, Chris Suter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > you could do a mapping such as the following: > > :cmap %/ ^R%^FF/lC > > the control characters ^R and ^F can be entered as digraphs (see :help > digraphs, :help CTRL-k, and :digraphs) using these keystrokes: > > ^R - <C-k>D2 > ^F - <C-k>AK > > the mapping will cause the following to occur when you enter %/ in the Ex > command line: > > 1) ^R% causes the current filename to be inserted at the current cursor > location > 2) ^F switches to cmdwin mode (see :help cmdwin) which lets us use normal > mode commands to edit the command line > 3) F/ finds the first slash before the cursor (this mapping assumes that > the full path of the file you are editing contains a slash) > 4) lC (that's a lowercase "L") moves the cursor to the right, deletes the > text after, and leaves you in insert mode. > > enjoy! :) > > > > > On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 2:54 PM, madiyaan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> Hello: >> >> Is there a way to open a file relative to the current file's >> directory? >> >> I do not want to change the directory to the current file's directory >> because I often invoke :!make from the source directory's root. (But >> maybe there is a way to change to the current directory, and go back >> to the root directory before invoking main... that would be equally >> useful to me). >> >> For example, I am in project/ and I invoke: >> >> vim lib/tools/tool1.cpp >> >> I don't want to change my directory to project/lib/tools/ because when >> I invoke :!make, it will use the Makefile in project/lib/tools/ and >> not the one that I intend to use, which lies in project/. I am wanting >> to know whether I can easily open up project/lib/tools/tool2.cpp >> without typing in the entire path. >> >> Regards, >> >> >> > > > -- > Christopher Suter > -- Christopher Suter --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
