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I very often need to open files through vsplit/split. Very often I want to open files in the same directory. Still, I must pass their paths to vsplit/split.

:vsplit @/siblingfile.txt

@ is an alias equal to the path of the current file (that exists only in my imagination of course but you got the idea :) ).

Is this possible?

UPDATE

--> vim --version
VIM - Vi IMproved 7.2 (2008 Aug 9, compiled Nov 24 2016 16:00:18)

:echo has('cmdline_compl') displays 1

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    Not what you're asking for, but related: :Vex and :Sex
    – Rich
    Commented Aug 24, 2017 at 13:42
  • As long as autocomplete does not work for me with %:h/, your solution is faster thx
    – smarber
    Commented Aug 24, 2017 at 14:08

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You're looking for %:h/

NB: you can tab-complete at any point after the :h.

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  • thanks, but the autocomplete does not work at all, neither does CTRL-d
    – smarber
    Commented Aug 23, 2017 at 15:22
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    You'll need to make sure your version of vim supports command-line expansion (:echo has('cmdline_compl') shall display 1). See :h cmdline-completion regarding the various options vim looks at.
    – Luc Hermitte
    Commented Aug 23, 2017 at 16:42
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As Luc indicated, you can type: :vsplit %:h then <Tab>.

I use this mapping to transform %% into the current directory from the command line:

cnoremap <expr> %% getcmdtype() ==# ':' ? fnameescape(expand('%:h')) . '/' : '%%'

Usage: :e %%

  • :help c_% (% replaced with the current file name)
  • :help %:h (%:h to get the head of the file name, aka last part removed)
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  • Thanks, but the autocomplete does not work at all, neither does CTRL-d
    – smarber
    Commented Aug 23, 2017 at 15:37
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    Try :set nocompatible but compatibility mode should already be disabled if you use a vimrc file.
    – LEI
    Commented Aug 23, 2017 at 15:47
  • Still not work :/
    – smarber
    Commented Aug 23, 2017 at 16:03
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    Strange, should be the fix if you see ^I when pressing <Tab>. You don't even need auto completion, just :e %:h and enter to open the current directory.
    – LEI
    Commented Aug 23, 2017 at 16:09
  • pressing <Tab> has no effect and <CTRL-D>-d supposed to show the content of a directory does as if there is nothing
    – smarber
    Commented Aug 24, 2017 at 14:11

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