Re: "Edit with vim": Set working directory as folder containing editted file

On Aug 11, 8:20 pm, Tony Mechelynck <antoine.mechely...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> 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.

Thanks, Tony, sc. Yes, I did a bit of surfing of the help based on
your suggested solutions. I did note tha authochdir fires upon every
buffer change. I've incorporated solution#1 into my .vimrc. Much
appreciated.

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