Question

When I’m working in vim, I usually have multiple buffers on screen at once and need to switch between them and open new files a lot. I’ve installed the Command-T plugin to facilitate fast file switching but I’m having a few issues with it.

Whenever I press Command-T, it only shows files in the same folder (and sub folders) of the file I am currently editing.

I want it to show me all of the files in my project i.e.:

Project Folder:
~/project1/

Current Buffer:
~/project1/front/js/file1.js

When I press Command+T in the buffer, I want it to display files starting from the project folder.

Thanks.

Answer 1

The problem you have is because CommandT searches in present working directory. You can see what your working directory is with the :pwd command. When you open a file with the gui it sets your present working directory to the directory that file contains. As romainl said you can simply :cd into your project’s root directory and then CommandT will search from there (remember to :CommandTFlush)

Alternatively you could use ctrl-p (which I personally prefer since it doesn’t require compiling a C helper program). It has an option ctrlp_working_path_mode option changes the working directory to the first ancestor that contains one of the following directories or files:

.git/
.hg/
.bzr/
_darcs/
root.dir
.vimprojects