On 2012-01-11, flebber wrote:
> When working with vim especially on windows creating a new file can be
> a bit of a pain as I have to navigate the directory structure to do
> this.
>
> I found this
> http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Set_working_directory_to_the_current_file
> which is good if there is already a file open I guess.
>
> But I was wondering if I could set the default opening directory by OS
> instead.
>
> On linux its sweet ~/Programs really aint that much to type.
>
> On windows XP its sweet as well c:/MyPrograms
>
> But windows 7 is where i am getting annoyed, you can't write directly
> to c:\ so the directories I have to navigate to create open or close
> files are
> C:\Users\renshaw family\Documents\Programs
> which is really starting to grind my goat, fine for me bad for the
> goat.
>
> Anyhow is there any easy way to acheive this?
One way to do that is to edit the icon/shortcut that you use to
start vim.
On Windows XP, right-click the shortcut, select Properties, select
the Shortcut tab, and enter the desired directory in the "Start in:"
box.
Using KDE on Fedora 11, right-click the icon, select Icon Settings,
select the Application tab, and enter the desired directory in the
"Work path:".
Windows 7 and GNOME presumably have something similar.
Alternatively, you could put something like this in your .vimrc
(untested):
if has("unix")
cd ~/Programs
elseif has("win32")
if exists("$OS") && ($OS == "Windows_NT")
cd C:/MyPrograms
else
cd "C:/Users/renshaw family/Documents/Programs"
endif
endif
I am assuming that Windows 7 sets $OS to something other than
"Window_NT". I just opened gvim on Windows XP, executed ":r !set"
and looked for a likely environment variable. Now that you get the
idea, you might be able to find a better variable to test.
HTH,
Gary
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