Opening a directory in vim

Question

I\'m a mac user giving vim a serious try. Most of the GUI editors I\'m used to allow me to open a directory as a \"project\" by executing a command like:

Answer 1

Braindead:

 (cd /path/to/dir && vim file)

Less so:

 vim /path/to/dir/file +':cd %:h'

You can always map :cd %:h to a convenient key or put in an autocommand (I wouldn't actually recommend the latter, but there is no arguing about taste)

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Oh and for directories instead of files:

:cd %

is quite enough