Is it possible to select a directory to be neovim cwd within vifm?

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Vim plugin that allows use of vifm as a file picker

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Is it possible to select a directory to be neovim cwd within vifm? #86

Open satishskamath opened 1 year ago

xaizek commented 1 year ago

No, but it probably won't be hard to add.

satishskamath commented 4 months ago

Sorry for the really late reply @xaizek . I was wondering how this can be approached? I thought of 2 functions and I am not sure if this can already be achieved in some way other than vifm or default netrw has something built in for this:

Function 1: Setting directory of the currently opened buffer as the cwd.
Function 2: Choosing the last opened directory in the file tree as the cwd. (https://wiki.vifm.info/index.php/How_to_set_shell_working_directory_after_leaving_Vifm may be using this option --choose-dir and passing this on to the editor?)

xaizek commented 4 months ago

Yes, need to use result of --choose-dir, specifically feed it into :cd or :lcd. The catch though is that plugin's code is a mess. Code-wise:

In s:StartVifm and s:HandleRunResults.
Need to check cd for editcmd parameter and upon detection, pass --choose-dir instead of --choose-files.
s:HandleRunResults should do exec cd <path> after checking that there is only one path.