Re: How to make saveas default to original file's directory?

On 2010-09-11, Ven Tadipatri wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 12:58 PM, Gary Johnson <garyjohn@spocom.com> wrote:
> > On 2010-09-09, lessthanideal wrote:
> >> I'm using Windows VIM 7.3.2 (the Vim without Cream build)
> >>
> >> :saveas puts the new file into the current working directory if
> >> no path is specified.  I want it to default to the directory of
> >> the original file.
> >>
> >> Example, from new VIM session
> >> :cd c:\test
> >> :e c:\h.txt     " cwd is still c:\test
> >> :sav h2.txt     " I want this to come out as c:\h2.txt but
> >>                 "  it comes out as c:\test\h2.txt
> >>
> >> I could do this by defining my own :Sav command but I'd like it
> >> to be the default if possible. I considered autochdir but it can
> >> cause plugin problems.  I looked on the Vim Wiki.
> >>
> >> I can do it manually by changing directory (:cd) first.  I've tried
> >> to do it by using BufFilePre and BufFilePro to temporarily
> >> change the current working directory before and after the :saveas
> >> but it doesn't seem to work - it seems the directory changes (from
> >> making the autocommands echo the directory at various points), but
> >> for some reason :saveas doesn't uses the working directory then.
> >> I don't really understand exactly what goes on though, for one thing
> >> each event is triggered twice.
> >>
> >> I tried with gvim -u NONE -N to turn off conflicts with plugins etc.
> >>
> >> Is this an approach that should work?  Can anyone suggest how to do
> >> this, if it's possible?
> >
> > It's a little more typing (6 characters), but you could do this:
> >
> >    :saveas %:p:h/newname
>
> I was looking for a way to do this. I think I was always exiting out
> of vi, then changing to the directory and reopening the file.
> Could you explain what the p and h do? % is the current file I believe.

Sure. I should have provided a reference the first time.

The :p expands % to the full pathname of the current file; :h
removes the last component of the path, leaving just the parent
directory of the file. See

:help filename-modifiers
:help cmdline-special

Regards,
Gary

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