Re: Changing location of swap directory for selected files, how to?

On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 7:42 PM, sc <toothpik@swbell.net> wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 06:52:39PM +0530, Karthick Gururaj wrote:
>> Hello,
>
>> I would like to modify the value of 'dir' option for a few specific
>> files (e.g: all files in directory ~/Foo/). Had 'dir' been a buffer
>> local option, it would have been a easy thing,
>> au BufEnter ~/Foo/* set dir=newval
>
>> But 'dir' is global across buffers. Can anyone suggest workarounds?
>
> you might consider setting the 'directory' option to a real directory,
> then your swapfiles won't pollute the same path of the files you're
> editing, and also buys you the advantage of being able to query that
> path before a new edit session to see what if anything is already being
> edited
>
> you mentioned obtaining default behavior -- the default for 'directory'
> is to have real paths and all swapfiles in one place
>
Sorry I wasn't clear.

The "default" behavior I was referring to was to let,
set dir=.
I.e., swap files in the same location as the file being edited.

So to rephrase my query, I would like to set,
set dir=~/tmp
for all files in ~/DropBox, and,
set dir=.
for all other files.
Any thoughts on how this can be done? Using BufEnter/BufLeave event
triggers don't work, as noted in the OP.

As you have suggested, I could do,
set dir=~/tmp//
Which is what I think I'll end up with..

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