Re: Vim path not working for me (On ".")

Hi,

Erik Christiansen:
> When I have a full pathname in a file, then gf works fine.
>
> But given only the filename of a file in the current directory, vim
> complains "E447: Can't find file xxx in path"
>
> If I prefix each filename with a superfluous "./", then gf works fine.

yes, because it doesn't use the 'path' option in this case.

> But ":set path" shows it should work OOTB:
>
> path=.,./include,..,../include,/usr/local/include,/usr/include

the dot is a placeholder for the path of the current file, thus if you
happen to be in a file from a different directory, gf will search in
that directory. To search through the current directory you need to
include an empty string in the path option, e.g.,

path=,.,./include,..,../include,/usr/local/include,/usr/include

(or

path=.,,./include,..,../include,/usr/local/include,/usr/include

if you want to search next to the current file first).

Regards,
Jürgen

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