How can I use the return value of a function in a :set command?
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I want to set an option to a string containing full path of current working directory. For example
set tags=getcwd()."tags" " retrieve the full path of the tags file in current workding directory
However, vim seems only accept expansion for let
variables, it don't expand the function in set
context.
Is there way to achieve expand things in set
?
variables set
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I want to set an option to a string containing full path of current working directory. For example
set tags=getcwd()."tags" " retrieve the full path of the tags file in current workding directory
However, vim seems only accept expansion for let
variables, it don't expand the function in set
context.
Is there way to achieve expand things in set
?
variables set
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up vote
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I want to set an option to a string containing full path of current working directory. For example
set tags=getcwd()."tags" " retrieve the full path of the tags file in current workding directory
However, vim seems only accept expansion for let
variables, it don't expand the function in set
context.
Is there way to achieve expand things in set
?
variables set
I want to set an option to a string containing full path of current working directory. For example
set tags=getcwd()."tags" " retrieve the full path of the tags file in current workding directory
However, vim seems only accept expansion for let
variables, it don't expand the function in set
context.
Is there way to achieve expand things in set
?
variables set
variables set
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You can use :let
with Vim options as well, by prefixing the option name with a &
sigil; cp. :help :let-option
let &tags = getcwd().'tags'
Note that the literal string must be in single quotes (or the backslash doubled); else, the t
will expand to a tab character.
The other way would be by using :execute
, but then you'd have to take care of escaping, so this is not recommended:
execute 'set tags='.escape(getcwd(), ' ').'tags'
Thank you, works perfectly
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active
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active
oldest
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up vote
8
down vote
accepted
You can use :let
with Vim options as well, by prefixing the option name with a &
sigil; cp. :help :let-option
let &tags = getcwd().'tags'
Note that the literal string must be in single quotes (or the backslash doubled); else, the t
will expand to a tab character.
The other way would be by using :execute
, but then you'd have to take care of escaping, so this is not recommended:
execute 'set tags='.escape(getcwd(), ' ').'tags'
Thank you, works perfectly
– Eric Sun
2 days ago
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You can use :let
with Vim options as well, by prefixing the option name with a &
sigil; cp. :help :let-option
let &tags = getcwd().'tags'
Note that the literal string must be in single quotes (or the backslash doubled); else, the t
will expand to a tab character.
The other way would be by using :execute
, but then you'd have to take care of escaping, so this is not recommended:
execute 'set tags='.escape(getcwd(), ' ').'tags'
Thank you, works perfectly
– Eric Sun
2 days ago
add a comment |
up vote
8
down vote
accepted
up vote
8
down vote
accepted
You can use :let
with Vim options as well, by prefixing the option name with a &
sigil; cp. :help :let-option
let &tags = getcwd().'tags'
Note that the literal string must be in single quotes (or the backslash doubled); else, the t
will expand to a tab character.
The other way would be by using :execute
, but then you'd have to take care of escaping, so this is not recommended:
execute 'set tags='.escape(getcwd(), ' ').'tags'
You can use :let
with Vim options as well, by prefixing the option name with a &
sigil; cp. :help :let-option
let &tags = getcwd().'tags'
Note that the literal string must be in single quotes (or the backslash doubled); else, the t
will expand to a tab character.
The other way would be by using :execute
, but then you'd have to take care of escaping, so this is not recommended:
execute 'set tags='.escape(getcwd(), ' ').'tags'
answered 2 days ago
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Thank you, works perfectly
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Thank you, works perfectly
– Eric Sun
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Thank you, works perfectly
– Eric Sun
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Thank you, works perfectly
– Eric Sun
2 days ago
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