Re: How to get C-x C-f to properly handle $HOME but not expand it into the text?

On Mon, 20 May 2019 19:52:01 +0200
"'Andy Wokula' via vim_use" <vim_use@googlegroups.com> wrote:

> Am 17.05.2019 um 20:11 schrieb Shlomi Fish:
> > On Fri, 17 May 2019 19:36:26 +0200
> > "'Andy Wokula' via vim_use" <vim_use@googlegroups.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Am 17.05.2019 um 14:15 schrieb Shlomi Fish:
> >>> Hi all!
> >>>
> >>> With gvim -U NONE -u NONE .jwmrc (which the XML file here
> >>> https://github.com/shlomif/shlomif-computer-settings/blob/master/shlomif-settings/jwm/jwm.jwmrc
> >>> ) pressing Ctrl-x and ctrl-f in insert mode in line 130 causes $HOME to
> >>> expand into /home/shlomif in the text, which I wish to avoid, but want the
> >>> paths to complete relative to the home dir. How can it be done?
> >>>
> >>> I've searched google, DDG and the vim docs to no avail.
> >>
> >> I think I've something for you (this is quite old already ...):
> >> https://gist.github.com/Houl/20881b64aa05d5ecda60914598b3e754
> >>
> >> This script temporarily expands an env var like $HOME and later converts it
> >> back.
> >>
> >> Usage:
> >>
> >> * store script in the runtimepath under
> >> autoload\nwo\mappings\cxf_mod.vim
> >> (only tested under Windows!)
> >>
> >> * add a mapping for i_CTRL-X_CTRL-F in your vimrc:
> >> imap <expr> <C-X><C-F> nwo#mappings#cxf_mod#Plug()
> >>
> >
> > Thanks, Andy! Can you please make it a github/etc.-plugin-repo similar to
> > https://github.com/shlomif/vim-extract-variable so it can be used using
> > vam/vundle/pathogen/etc.?
>
> https://github.com/Houl/cxf_mod-vim
>

Thanks Andy! It works reasonably well. Starred.

-- Shlomi

> HTH,
> Andy
>



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