Opening files in the same folder as the current file, in vim

:Ex short for :Explore does exactly what you asked for.

I have the following three lines on my .vimrc:

map ,e :e <C-R>=expand("%:p:h") . "/" <CR>map ,t :tabe <C-R>=expand("%:p:h") . "/" <CR>map ,s :split <C-R>=expand("%:p:h") . "/" <CR>

Now ,e <some-file> opens on this buffer. ,t and ,s do the same but on a new tab/split window.

unix vim vi

Newer versions of vim have a autochdir command built in, if not you can fall back to a BufEnter like setup.

" set vim to chdir for each fileif exists('+autochdir')    set autochdirelse    autocmd BufEnter * silent! lcd %:p:h:gs/ /\\ /endif

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