Vim Open unite in current folder

Question

I got the following hotkey mapping:

nnoremap <leader>f Unite file -path=~/Workspace

This works great, however, I want to make it so that path equals the current folder I'm in (which will be seperate from working directory).

Anyone know how I can make this happen? :S

I have, it seems to treat everything after `-path=` as a string. — Robin Heggelund Hansen, Nov 23 '15 at 18:21
@RobinHeggelundHansen Some things I noticed: (1) Don't you need a `:` at the beginning of `Unite`? (2) Without a `` at the end of the map, you have to manually press enter. Is that the desired behavior? — sidyll, Nov 23 '15 at 18:33

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 23 '15 at 18:31

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You can use the expand() function to use %:p:h in places where a file name is not expected (these expansions are for file-name arguments, not others like what it appears to happen with your command)

:echo expand('%:p:h')

But you can't map that directly. It is a command that needs to be built "on-the-fly", so you can use :execute to build and execute an evaluated expression:

nnoremap <leader>f :exec "Unite file -path=" . expand('%:p:h')

answered Nov 23 '15 at 18:31

sidyll

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⚠️ @ RobinHeggelundHansen Please check the other answers for more appropriate solutions as well, I'll keep mine just because it is "Vim generic" in case you, or a future viewer, needs to know this technique. – sidyll Nov 23 '15 at 22:12

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 23 '15 at 21:56

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How about using:

:UniteWithBufferDir file

or

:UniteWithCurrentDir file

(depending on what you want)

answered Nov 23 '15 at 21:56

VanLaser

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I don't understand about _Unite_ at all, and gave a generic answer. But this one seems to be the exact proper solution! – sidyll Nov 23 '15 at 22:05

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 23 '15 at 22:08

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Unite allows dynamic argument by using backtick, as documented in the Unite help doc:

You don't have to use |:execute| for dynamic arguments.
You can use evaluation cmdline by ``.
Note: In the evaluation, The special characters(spaces,  "\" and ":")
are escaped automatically.
>
    :Unite -buffer-name=search%`bufnr('%')` line:forward:wrap<CR>

So in your case, the mapping will be:

:nnoremap <leader>f :Unite file -path=`expand('%:p:h')`

answered Nov 23 '15 at 22:08

DJ.

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Excellent answer as well, I'm considering deleting mine since it clearly shows a non-_Unite_ proper solution – sidyll Nov 23 '15 at 22:10
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Well @sidyll, your answer is the one that made me lookup the documentation. So you do contribute to my answer :-D – DJ. Nov 23 '15 at 22:11
Thanks...I'm keeping it and added a note to the questioner :-) – sidyll Nov 23 '15 at 22:13
@sidyll don't remove it. It's a great answer that I can make use of outside of unite :) – Robin Heggelund Hansen Nov 23 '15 at 23:11

Vim Open unite in current folder

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