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randomor
randomor

Reputation: 5663

How to prevent vim from setting current directory

Recently my vim will change current directory no matter what I do. I'm using spf13 distribution and when I am in a rails app root directory and did vi, my pwd will be correctly in app root directory. But once I open some file, any file, it will change the pwd to abosolute/path/to/myrailsapp/app/assets/stylesheets,

When I don't have let g:spf13_no_autochdir = 1 in my .vimrc, vim will change the pwd to current file directory; When I do, it will change to the stylesheet directory whenever I open a file.

I'm also using rails.vim installed. Here is the related code inside my .vimrc

if !exists('g:spf13_no_autochdir')
     autocmd BufEnter * if bufname("") !~ "^\[A-Za-z0-9\]*://" | lcd %:p:h | endif                                                                                         
     " Always switch to the current file directory
endif

UPDATE: What I want: the pwd always stay in absolute/path/to/myrailsapp/, no changing to the stylesheet directory automatically whenever I open a file.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2539

Answers (3)

Leo Ju
Leo Ju

Reputation: 61

I solved this according to Ben's second answer.

spf13 loads configuration files in order as follows.

  1. .vimrc.before - spf13-vim before configuration
  2. .vimrc.before.fork - fork before configuration
  3. .vimrc.before.local - before user configuration
  4. .vimrc.bundles - spf13-vim bundle configuration
  5. .vimrc.bundles.fork - fork bundle configuration
  6. .vimrc.bundles.local - local user bundle configuration
  7. .vimrc - spf13-vim vim configuration
  8. .vimrc.fork - fork vim configuration
  9. .vimrc.local - local user configuration

if !exists('g:spf13_no_autochdir') check is done at (7), so let g:spf13_no_autochdir = 1 should be loaded before that.

I put it in .vimrc.before.local, and it works as expected.

Upvotes: 1

Ben
Ben

Reputation: 8905

Actually I just found and had a look at the plugin. I assume this is it:

https://github.com/spf13/spf13-vim/blob/3.0/.vimrc

Around line 75 you can see:

" Most prefer to automatically switch to the current file directory when
" a new buffer is opened; to prevent this behavior, add the following to
" your .vimrc.before.local file:
"   let g:spf13_no_autochdir = 1

So just add that last line (without the comment-marker quote) to your .vimrc and you'll get rid of the automated directory change.

I note that neither method in my other answer would have worked, because the plugin author for whatever reason decided not to use the built-in option, and also not to put their autocmd in a group. Naughty, naughty!

Upvotes: 1

Ben
Ben

Reputation: 8905

There are two ways this could be happening.

The most likely, is that this "spf13" configuration includes set autochdir. To find out whether this is the case, start up Vim normally, and type :verbose set autochdir? and press Enter. This should tell you IF autochdir is set and WHICH FILE set it to that value.

If autochdir is set, then you only need to set up a VimEnter autocmd, or stick a file in ~/.vim/after/plugin, to turn it off again after spf13 loads.

If autochdir is NOT set, then probably an autocmd is setting your directory for you. If there is a plugin option in SPF13 to turn it off, then do that. If not, you'll need to find where in the plugin the directory is getting changed. If you're lucky, the autocmd will be in an augroup by itself, and you can then remove that autocmd with :au! GroupName. This command can be in the same places; a VimEnter autocmd, or a file in ~/.vim/after/plugin.

Upvotes: 0

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