I use:
autocmd BufEnter * lcd %:p:h

If there is something better, I am interested.

-- paulo

On Nov 14, 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,

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