On 12/08/11 01:39, sc wrote:
On Thursday, August 11, 2011 18:13:27 Tony Mechelynck wrote:
On 11/08/11 23:19, Paul wrote:
I have gvim 7.3 installed on Windows 7 Enterprise (32-bit).
When I select a bunch of files, right-click, and choose
"Edit with single Vim", the working directory for vim
becomes "Symantec Endpoint Protection" rather than the
folder that contains the selected files. Is there a simple
tweak that I can make to ensure that the working directory
is the same as the folder containing the editted files?
Possibility 1: (in Vimrc)
au VimEnter * silent! cd %:h
Note: This will always cd to the directory containing the last
edited file (if any), even if _not_ using Edit with Vim
Possibility 2: (at the keyboard) type
:cd %:h
Note: this is not automatic, you have to do it every time
Possibility 3: construct a keyboard shortcut and/or a .bat
file which would execute
gvim -c 'silent! cd %:h'
followed by all your file names
Note: This is not a complete solution, the detail is left to
the student as an exercise.
I tested none of them, and I am not on Windows (i.e., no "Edit
with Vim menu here).
you missed one, tony:
possibility 4: (in .vimrc)
set autochdir
sc
I didn't miss it, I left it out, because unlike the solutions I proposed
(all of which :cd once only, at the end of startup), it changes the
current directory whenever you change buffers, and it doesn't play well
with some plugins, including (IIRC) netrw.
If you set 'autochdir' in vimrc accompanied with an autocommand to set
'nooautochdir' at the VimEnter event, that becomes equivalent to my
first solution.
Best regards,
Tony.
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