On 2010-08-04, Michael Williams wrote:
> Is it possible to configure vim so that hitting tab when doing,
> e.g. :edit or :split searches the directories specified in the vim
> path variable.
>
> For example, I have a directory ~/foo/, containing a file bar. I add ~/
> foo/ in my vim path with the * so vim searches recursively down:
>
> path=.,/usr/include,,,~/foo/**
>
> If I then do :find bar, vim correctly finds the file. However, if I
> do :edit ba[TAB], vim does not expand it to bar (which is obviously a
> problem if I'm looking for
> very_long_filename_i_dont_remember_the_full_name_of).
>
> Is there any way to get this behaviour?
Yes. By using the :find command. That's what it's for: "Find
{file} in 'path' and then :edit it." Instead of :split, use :sfind.
Regards,
Gary
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