Re: Make :saveas save to path of current file

On Aug 19, 12:53 am, Ben Schmidt <mail_ben_schm...@yahoo.com.au>
wrote:
> On 19/08/11 8:23 AM, John Beckett wrote:
>
> > lessthanideal wrote:
> >> Suppose the current working directory is "C:\" and I am
> >> editing "C:\temp\test.txt".  I issue the command
>
> >> :saveas test2.txt
>
> >> The file is saved as C:\test2.txt, hHow can I make it be
> >> saved as C:\temp\test2.txt?
>
> > The way :saveas is working is correct because if you do not
> > specify a directory, Vim's current directory should be used.
>
> > What you want is something like this:
> >      :saveas %:p:h/newname.txt
>
> Alternatively, you could use one of the many tricks to ensure the
> current directory matches the directory of the file in the current
> buffer. If you search the Vim tips wiki, I'm sure you'll find a few ways
> to do that if you're interested.
>
> Ben.

Thanks for these answers. I find this tr

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