How to get C-x C-f to properly handle $HOME but not expand it into the text?

[Shlomi Fish]

Hi all!

With gvim -U NONE -u NONE .jwmrc (which the XML file here
https://github.com/shlomif/shlomif-computer-settings/blob/master/shlomif-settings/jwm/jwm.jwmrc
) pressing Ctrl-x and ctrl-f in insert mode in line 130 causes $HOME to expand
into /home/shlomif in the text, which I wish to avoid, but want the paths to
complete relative to the home dir. How can it be done?

I've searched google, DDG and the vim docs to no avail.

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[Andy Wokula]

Am 17.05.2019 um 14:15 schrieb Shlomi Fish:
> Hi all!
>
> With gvim -U NONE -u NONE .jwmrc (which the XML file here
> https://github.com/shlomif/shlomif-computer-settings/blob/master/shlomif-settings/jwm/jwm.jwmrc
> ) pressing Ctrl-x and ctrl-f in insert mode in line 130 causes $HOME to expand
> into /home/shlomif in the text, which I wish to avoid, but want the paths to
> complete relative to the home dir. How can it be done?
>
> I've searched google, DDG and the vim docs to no avail.

I think I've something for you (this is quite old already ...):
https://gist.github.com/Houl/20881b64aa05d5ecda60914598b3e754

This script temporarily expands an env var like $HOME and later converts it back.

Usage:

* store script in the runtimepath under
autoload\nwo\mappings\cxf_mod.vim
(only tested under Windows!)

* add a mapping for i_CTRL-X_CTRL-F in your vimrc:
imap <expr> <C-X><C-F> nwo#mappings#cxf_mod#Plug()

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[Shlomi Fish]

Thanks, Andy! Can you please make it a github/etc.-plugin-repo similar to
https://github.com/shlomif/vim-extract-variable so it can be used using
vam/vundle/pathogen/etc.?

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[Andy Wokula]

Am 17.05.2019 um 20:11 schrieb Shlomi Fish:
> On Fri, 17 May 2019 19:36:26 +0200
> "'Andy Wokula' via vim_use" <vim...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
>
>> Am 17.05.2019 um 14:15 schrieb Shlomi Fish:
>>> Hi all!
>>>
>>> With gvim -U NONE -u NONE .jwmrc (which the XML file here
>>> https://github.com/shlomif/shlomif-computer-settings/blob/master/shlomif-settings/jwm/jwm.jwmrc
>>> ) pressing Ctrl-x and ctrl-f in insert mode in line 130 causes $HOME to
>>> expand into /home/shlomif in the text, which I wish to avoid, but want the
>>> paths to complete relative to the home dir. How can it be done?
>>>
>>> I've searched google, DDG and the vim docs to no avail.
>>
>> I think I've something for you (this is quite old already ...):
>> https://gist.github.com/Houl/20881b64aa05d5ecda60914598b3e754
>>
>> This script temporarily expands an env var like $HOME and later converts it
>> back.
>>
>> Usage:
>>
>> * store script in the runtimepath under
>> autoload\nwo\mappings\cxf_mod.vim
>> (only tested under Windows!)
>>
>> * add a mapping for i_CTRL-X_CTRL-F in your vimrc:
>> imap <expr> <C-X><C-F> nwo#mappings#cxf_mod#Plug()
>>
>
> Thanks, Andy! Can you please make it a github/etc.-plugin-repo similar to
> https://github.com/shlomif/vim-extract-variable so it can be used using
> vam/vundle/pathogen/etc.?

https://github.com/Houl/cxf_mod-vim

HTH,
Andy

[Shlomi Fish]

On Mon, 20 May 2019 19:52:01 +0200

Thanks Andy! It works reasonably well. Starred.

-- Shlomi

> HTH,
> Andy

>



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