If I'm working on a file located on e.g. ~\myprojects\testproject\hello.txt and then want to open a new file in the same directory e.g. todo.txt (located on ~\myprojects\testproject\todo.txt), how can I do that efficiently with gvim on Windows?
Today I have to type this command, maybe using tab-completion for the paths:
:e ~\myprojects\testproject\todo.txt
Is there any shorter command e.g:
:e .\todo.txt
in gvim on Windows?
If I use .\todo.txt, that file will be located on C:\Windows\system32, that's not even my home directory. Is there any setting to specify my home directory as default instead? or any other diectory?
Best Answer
The following should work, provided your current dir is where the file is:
For the second question I don't know a good answer. You can of course do
every time you start up, or you could edit your vimrc to do that. It's a hack and not a good solution.
There's also 'autochdir' if you want to cd to the file every time. I found it here: http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Set_working_directory_to_the_current_file
In your vimrc you would put in this line:
Edit2: add answer to second question