Re: How to make saveas default to original file's directory?

On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 12:58 PM, Gary Johnson <garyjohn@spocom.com> wrote:
> On 2010-09-09, lessthanideal wrote:
>> I'm using Windows VIM 7.3.2 (the Vim without Cream build)
>>
>> :saveas puts the new file into the current working directory if
>> no path is specified.  I want it to default to the directory of
>> the original file.
>>
>> Example, from new VIM session
>> :cd c:\test
>> :e c:\h.txt     " cwd is still c:\test
>> :sav h2.txt     " I want this to come out as c:\h2.txt but
>>                 "  it comes out as c:\test\h2.txt
>>
>> I could do this by defining my own :Sav command but I'd like it
>> to be the default if possible. I considered autochdir but it can
>> cause plugin problems.  I looked on the Vim Wiki.
>>
>> I can do it manually by changing directory (:cd) first.  I've tried
>> to do it by using BufFilePre and BufFilePro to temporarily
>> change the current working directory before and after the :saveas
>> but it doesn't seem to work - it seems the directory changes (from
>> making the autocommands echo the directory at various points), but
>> for some reason :saveas doesn't uses the working directory then.
>> I don't really understand exactly what goes on though, for one thing
>> each event is triggered twice.
>>
>> I tried with gvim -u NONE -N to turn off conflicts with plugins etc.
>>
>> Is this an approach that should work?  Can anyone suggest how to do
>> this, if it's possible?
>
> It's a little more typing (6 characters), but you could do this:
>
>    :saveas %:p:h/newname

I was looking for a way to do this. I think I was always exiting out
of vi, then changing to the directory and reopening the file.
Could you explain what the p and h do? % is the current file I believe.

Thanks,
Ven

>
> Regards,
> Gary
>
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