Re: ctrlP to navigate arbitrary directory

thanks for the quick response.

I did try .. and ../  but didn't try ..<cr> . :)

So when CtrlP started, I can only stay at project directory. or ../../../......../../ <enter> to root :)

i think i have to get used to it if I use it.

On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 3:42 PM, Benjamin R. Haskell <vim@benizi.com> wrote:

On Thu, 28 Feb 2013, Kent wrote:

Hello,
I use FuzzyFinder for years. Recently I heard a lot about CtrlP. And gave it a try. It does have some good features over FF. However one thing I didn't figure out, with FF(File search), I can type "/etc" to navigate to my root directory and do search, no matter which directory I am in.

However for CtrlP, it seems that it searches only under current directory. In doc I found I can type .. to go to parent dir. but it didn't work for me somehow. 

You type .., then hit enter.

How can I navigate to arbitrary directory with CtrlP?

You can't navigate to an arbitrary directory once CtrlP is up, but you can invoke CtrlP on an arbitrary directory, e.g.:

:CtrlP /home/bhaskell/git/project

Also see:

:help g:ctrlp_working_path_mode

And:

:help :CtrlPCurFile

I've mapped the latter to ,n with:

:nm <leader>n :CtrlPCurFile<CR>

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Best,
Ben

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