GVim won't 'cd' to dropped file's dir

[Andrew]

Is there a way to get GVim to auto-`cd` to a dropped file's directory?

My gripe is that when I `:sav` the edited file giving it a new name, it
ends up in my home directory, which *of course* is not what I'd want to
do.

I'm using version 7.0.237 on KDE 3.5 for Linux.

Thanks in advance,
Andrew

[Andy Wokula]

Andrew schrieb:

:h drag-n-drop
hold down Shift while dropping the file.

For similar situations, I need this often but not always, thus I mapped a function key to it:
:nn <F3> :cd %:p:h<cr>
:h ::p

If you want it always, set 'autochdir'
:h 'acd

--
Andy

[Andrew]

On Sun, 18 May 2008 18:16:48 +0200, Andy Wokula <anw...@yahoo.de> wrote:

> If you want it always, set 'autochdir'
> :h 'acd

That's exactly what I was looking for, thank you. Should be set by
default, IMHO.

Cheers,
Andrew

[Tony Mechelynck]

I tried it some time ago, and after some time I decided it wasn't so
cool after all, came back from it. Of course, YMMV.

Best regards,
Tony.
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