Re: execute an alias with vim

Very good solution! thank you very much!




On mer., 2019-07-10 at 16:22 +0200, Andreas Perstinger wrote:
> On 10.07.19 10:30, Mathieu Roux wrote:
> > I use many text files to write many things on my laptop, and i use
> > aliases to access them.
> > For exemple, suppose that i have the alias "foo" to access ~/bar
> > with
> > vim.
> >
> > alias foo='vim ~/bar'
> >
> > So it works when i write "foo" in my terminal.
>
> I suppose you use the aliases because your filenames are rather long
> and/or the files are in a deeply nested directory (e.g.
> /very/long/path/to/the/file/foo.txt)
>
> If that's the case I would suggest to
>
> a) create a directory in your $HOME and create symbolic links to all
> the
> files you want to access with a short name in that directory.
>
> b) in vim set the 'path' option to that directory
>
> c) to open the files use :find instead of :new or :edit.
>
> See also :help path and :help find
>
> Bye, Andreas
>
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