Re: autochdir vs command-t

On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 1:46 AM, Tony Mechelynck
<antoine.mechelynck@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 16/09/12 22:46, shawn wilson wrote:
>>
>> On Sun, Sep 16, 2012 at 6:38 PM, Tony Mechelynck
>> <antoine.mechelynck@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> On 16/09/12 20:08, shawn wilson wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> i like autochdir so that i can easily rename files and :E stuff where
>>>> i am. but, then if i use command-t again, it is limited to the current
>>>> directory. how do i make the pwd of certain commands the path vim was
>>>> opened in and the pwd of another set of commands the pwd of the file
>>>> of the current buffer?
>>>>
>>>
>>> What about not using 'autochdir' but
>>>
>>> :lcd %:h
>>>
>>
>> that's not a bad solution. is there a way of getting the directory
>> where i opened vim back? so, basically some way of toggling between
>> the path of the file and the path i opened vim in? i could map it to
>> an f-key and be fine with that...
>>
>

> either (F5 to toggle)
>
> let <SID>curdir = getcwd()
> map <F5> :if getcwd() == <SID>curdir <Bar> lcd %:h <Bar> else <Bar>
> exe 'lcd' <SID>curdir <Bar> endif<CR>
>

thanks for that. though, for some reason, it is erroring:

Error detected while processing /home/swilson/.vimrc:
line 74:
E475: Invalid argument: <SID>curdir = getcwd()
Press ENTER or type command to continue

while i found this
(http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/map.html#<SID>) i was unable to
figure out what the issue is.

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