[vim/vim] Cannot read working directory from non-current tab (Issue #9832)

Sergey Vlasov

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Feb 23, 2022, 8:24:40 AM2/23/22

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Is your feature request about something that is currently impossible or hard to do? Please describe the problem.

When working with multiple tab pages, it is impossible to tell if :tcd was used in a tab, without switching to that tab first.

Describe the solution you'd like
There could be t:cwd and w:cwd variables that would be synchronized with :tcd and :lcd.

Describe alternatives you've considered

getcwd(-1, <tabnr>) returns the working directory for specific tab page but it is impossible to tell if the value is global or local.
:verbose pwd can tell is the value is local or global but the command works only for the current tab. One has to switch to another tab and then parse the output from :verbose pwd.

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matveyt

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Feb 23, 2022, 8:48:54 AM2/23/22

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it is impossible to tell if the value is global or local.

:echo haslocaldir(-1, tabno)

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Sergey Vlasov

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Feb 23, 2022, 8:51:20 AM2/23/22

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Thank you. Couldn't figure it out myself.

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Sergey Vlasov

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Feb 23, 2022, 8:51:22 AM2/23/22

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Closed #9832.

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Yegappan Lakshmanan

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Feb 23, 2022, 9:27:00 AM2/23/22

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Hi,

On Wed, Feb 23, 2022 at 5:24 AM Sergey Vlasov <vim-dev...@256bit.org> wrote:

Is your feature request about something that is currently impossible or hard to do? Please describe the problem.

When working with multiple tab pages, it is impossible to tell if :tcd was used in a tab, without switching to that tab first.

Describe the solution you'd like
There could be t:cwd and w:cwd variables that would be synchronized with :tcd and :lcd.

Describe alternatives you've considered

getcwd(-1, <tabnr>) returns the working directory for specific tab page but it is impossible to tell if the value is global or local.

:verbose pwd can tell is the value is local or global but the command works only for the current tab. One has to switch to another tab and then parse the output from :verbose pwd.

Did you try using the haslocaldir() function? This function will return 2 if a tabpage

has a tab-local directory.

- Yegappan

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Feb 23, 2022, 9:27:16 AM2/23/22

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Hi,

On Wed, Feb 23, 2022 at 5:24 AM Sergey Vlasov ***@***.***>
wrote:

> *Is your feature request about something that is currently impossible or
> hard to do? Please describe the problem.*

>
> When working with multiple tab pages, it is impossible to tell if :tcd
> was used in a tab, without switching to that tab first.
>

> *Describe the solution you'd like*

> There could be t:cwd and w:cwd variables that would be synchronized with
> :tcd and :lcd.
>

> *Describe alternatives you've considered*
>
> - getcwd(-1, <tabnr>) returns the working directory for specific tab

> page but it is impossible to tell if the value is global or local.

> - :verbose pwd can tell is the value is local or global but the

> command works only for the current tab. One has to switch to another tab
> and then parse the output from :verbose pwd.
>
>

> Did you try using the haslocaldir() function? This function will return 2
if a tabpage
has a tab-local directory.

- Yegappan

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Sergey Vlasov

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Feb 23, 2022, 9:29:13 AM2/23/22

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Yes, haslocaldir() solves the problem.

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