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created June 24, 2003 · complexity basic · author Adam Wolff · version 6.0

It's often handy to open the folder that corresponds to a file I'm editing (as much as I hate to leave Vim!) I've added this mapping:

map <C-e> :silent !explorer %:p:h:gs?\/?\\\\\\?<CR>

So that typing ctrl-e in any buffer opens the folder that the file lives in in Windows.

References[]

:help filename-modifiers

Comments[]

I changed it to this:

map <C-e> :!start explorer %:p:h:gs?\/?\\\\\\?<CR>

This stops the console window from flashing up on the screen. See :help :!start.

On Unix, try using a free program called Worker: http://www.boomerangsworld.de/worker/woverview.php3?lang=en

It is an X-based file explorer, similar to Windows explorer. I had to modify the mapping to:

map <C-e> :silent !worker %:p:h<CR>

For quite a while now I've been doing it this way:

func! OpenCWD()
  if has("gui_running")
    if has("win32")
      let s:stored_shellslash = &shellslash
      set noshellslash
      !start explorer.exe %:p:h
      let &shellslash = s:stored_shellslash
    elseif has("gui_kde")
      !konqueror %:p:h &
    elseif has("gui_gtk") " TODO: test!
      !nautilus %:p:h &
    elseif has("mac") && has("unix")
      let s:macpath = expand("%:p:h")
      let s:macpath = substitute(s:macpath," ","\\\\ ","g")
      execute '!open ' .s:macpath
    endif
  endif
endfunc
command! OpenCWD call OpenCWD() " or whatever you like

I'm not sure how flawless it is, but it has worked for me on a couple of different platforms.

A solution that I like is to use the vi file manager (http://vifm.sourceforge.net). You can use it with or without being in vim (a vim plugin comes with the distribution). Unfortunately, I have not been able to get it to compile in cygwin on windows yet, and I am on a windows machine right now, so I can't access it to give more of the specifics. I think the plugin comes with a command like :Vifm, but, that could be mapped.

Since I prefer to stay within Vim, I use the following:

:sf %:p:h

This splits the window and lists the contents of the directory of the file. Putting the cursor on an item from the list in that window and typing o opens up a new window with the contents of the item.

How is this different from ":Sexplore" or the shorter ":Sex"?

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-It's often handy to open the folder that corresponds to a file I'm editing (as much as I hate to leave Vim!) I've added this mapping:
- map &lt;C-e&gt; :silent !explorer %:p:h:gs?\/?\\\\\\?&lt;CR&gt;
-So that typing ctrl-e in any buffer opens the folder that the file lives in in Windows.
-See [http://vimplugin.sf.net/cgi-bin/help?tag={{urlencode:filename-modifiers}} :help filename-modifiers] for more.
 }}
+It's often handy to open the folder that corresponds to a file I'm editing (as much as I hate to leave Vim!) I've added this mapping:
+ map <C-e> :silent !explorer %:p:h:gs?\/?\\\\\\?<CR>
-== Comments ==
-Good tip, I changed it to this:
+So that typing ctrl-e in any buffer opens the folder that the file lives in in Windows.
-map &lt;C-e&gt; :!start explorer %:p:h:gs?\/?\\\\\\?&lt;CR&gt;
+==References==
-This stops the console window from flashing up on the screen. See [http://vimplugin.sf.net/cgi-bin/help?tag={{urlencode:!start}} :help !start]
+*{{help|filename-modifiers}}
-Rog
-rpilkey at magma.ca
-, June 24, 2003 9:42
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-Very good!
-I call instead the windows explorer the explorer plugin with:
-map &lt;C-e&gt; :Exp %:p:h:gs?\/?\\\\\\?&lt;CR&gt;
-But this works only on Windows. Anybody knows how it should looks for unix?
+==Comments==
+I changed it to this:
+ map <C-e> :!start explorer %:p:h:gs?\/?\\\\\\?<CR>
+This stops the console window from flashing up on the screen. See {{help|:!start}}.
-'''Anonymous'''
-, June 24, 2003 12:59
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+On Unix, try using a free program called Worker:
-Well, I found I can reuse iexplore.exe, as in the following:
-map &lt;silent&gt; &lt;C-E&gt; :sil!!start C:/PROGRA~1/INTERN~1/iexplore -nohome -e &lt;C-R&gt;=getcwd()&lt;CR&gt;&lt;CR&gt;
-If cygwin is installed, we can have a simple one:
-map &lt;silent&gt; &lt;C-E&gt; :sil!r!cygstart -x .&lt;CR&gt;
-maxiangjiang--AT--hotmail.com
-, June 24, 2003 15:10
-----
-On Unix, try using a free program called Worker:
 http://www.boomerangsworld.de/worker/woverview.php3?lang=en
-It is an X-based file explorer, similar to Windows explorer.
+It is an X-based file explorer, similar to Windows explorer. I had to modify the mapping to:
+ map <C-e> :silent !worker %:p:h<CR>
-I had to modify the mapping to:
-map &lt;C-e&gt; :silent !worker %:p:h&lt;CR&gt;
-randydefauw--AT--yahoo.com
-, June 24, 2003 15:12
 ----
 For quite a while now I've been doing it this way:
+<pre>
 func! OpenCWD()
- if has("gui_running")
- if has("win32")
+  if has("gui_running")
+    if has("win32")
- let s:stored_shellslash = &amp;shellslash
+      let s:stored_shellslash = &shellslash
- set noshellslash
+      set noshellslash
- !start explorer.exe %:p:h
+      !start explorer.exe %:p:h
- let &amp;shellslash = s:stored_shellslash
+      let &shellslash = s:stored_shellslash
- elseif has("gui_kde")
+    elseif has("gui_kde")
- !konqueror %:p:h &amp;
+      !konqueror %:p:h &
- elseif has("gui_gtk") " TODO: test!
+    elseif has("gui_gtk") " TODO: test!
- !nautilus %:p:h &amp;
+      !nautilus %:p:h &
- elseif has("mac") &amp;&amp; has("unix")
+    elseif has("mac") && has("unix")
- !open %:p:h
+      let s:macpath = expand("%:p:h")
- endif
+      let s:macpath = substitute(s:macpath," ","\\\\ ","g")
- endif
+      execute '!open ' .s:macpath
-endfunc
+    endif
+  endif
+endfunc
+command! OpenCWD call OpenCWD() " or whatever you like
+</pre>
+I'm not sure how flawless it is, but it has worked for me on a couple of different platforms.
-command! OpenCWD call OpenCWD() " or whatever you like
-I'm not sure how flawless it is, but it has worked for me on a couple of different platforms.
-nlm--AT--valtech.se
-, June 26, 2003 7:14
 ----
 A solution that I like is to use the vi file manager (http://vifm.sourceforge.net). You can use it with or without being in vim (a vim plugin comes with the distribution). Unfortunately, I have not been able to get it to compile in cygwin on windows yet, and I am on a windows machine right now, so I can't access it to give more of the specifics. I think the plugin comes with a command like :Vifm, but, that could be mapped.
-radbelt_res--AT--yahoo.com
-, June 26, 2003 19:07
 ----
-Since I perfer to stay within Vim, I use the following:
+Since I prefer to stay within Vim, I use the following:
  :sf %:p:h
-This splits the window and lists the contents of the
-directory of the file. Putting the cursor on an item from
-the list in that window and typing o opens up a new window
-with the contents of the item.
+This splits the window and lists the contents of the directory of the file. Putting the cursor on an item from the list in that window and typing o opens up a new window with the contents of the item.
-sgovindachar at yahoo
-, June 27, 2003 8:38
 ----
 How is this different from ":Sexplore" or the shorter ":Sex"?
-'''Anonymous'''
-, June 4, 2005 19:26
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