Re: where are those %F, %y, %f......

Tony Mechelynck wrote:
> On 27/06/12 16:55, Charles Campbell wrote:
>> Bee wrote:
>>>
>>> On Jun 26, 2:51 pm, andy richer<andy.ric...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 5:28 PM, Tony Mechelynck<
>>>>
>>>> antoine.mechely...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> 'titlestring' is a 'statusline'-like option. If you want a specific
>>>>> (nondefaut) title, you set it. For instance, having
>>>>> if has('title')
>>>>> set title titlestring=%F%y%m%r
>>>>> endif
>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>> Tony.
>>>>> --
>>>>> I tried to use :help %F, %y,... to find the definition above with no
>>>>> luck.
>>>> And by experiment I see %F shows ~/c/d/e.v, %f shows ./c/d/e.v if I
>>>> opened e.v inside a utility called SOS.
>>>> 1.
>>>> Would anyone please advise me where can I find all those %x
>>>> definition in
>>>> gvim?
>>>> 2.
>>>> I modified above example to: set title titlestring=%{$PWD}/%f
>>>> and it
>>>> works in titlebar.
>>>> The thing is that it shows "/a/b/c/d/e.v" where e.v is the file
>>>> name.
>>>> How can I show "e.v /a/b/c/d" in titlebar?
>>>>
>>>> Best Regards,
>>>> Andy
>>> :help titlestring
>>> When this option contains printf-style '%' items,
>>> they will be expanded according to the rules used for 'statusline'.
>>>
>>> :help statusline
>>>
>> Additionally, when one is perplexed about finding help for something in
>> Vim's help pages, use helpgrep. Applied to your question:
>>
>> :helpgrep %F
>> :cope
>>
>> would've pointed you in the right direction.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Chip Campbell
>>
> In this case, the only uses of %F in the help are in an example under
> 'titlestring' and in a TODO item.
>
> Bee's reply, and the line where I said earlier that 'titlestring' is a
> 'statusline'-like option, should have pointed Andy the help for
> 'statusline', where it is explained first that there can be
> printf-style % items in the value of that option, and lower down
> (about one page down with my 'guifont' in a maximized gvim) there is a
> list of possible items. For %F, the relevant line is:
>
> F S Full path to the file in the buffer.
>
> and its meaning is explained in the help text that comes above it.
Tony -- have you heard the phrase, "Give a man a fish and you feed him
for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime"?

I was attempting to "teach the man to fish".

Regards,
Chip Campbell

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