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List:       kfm-devel
Subject:    Re: starting an app in the current directory
From:       Jerome Yuzyk <jerome () supernet ! ab ! ca>
Date:       2001-12-16 8:46:59
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On Sunday 16 December 2001 12:44 am, Jerome Yuzyk wrote:
> On Saturday 15 December 2001 05:03 pm, David Faure wrote:
> > On Saturday 15 December 2001 21:21, Jerome Yuzyk wrote:
> > > On Friday 14 December 2001 04:13 am, David Faure wrote:
> > > > On Friday 14 December 2001 01:15, Jerome Yuzyk wrote:
> > > > > I have associated VIM (gvim?) with *.txt. I like to use KFM to
> > > > > open files with middle-click. How do I tell VIM to open the file
> > > > > and stay in the directory the file came from? VIM always opens
> > > > > the file from $HOME.
> >
> > > > Solution is simple, change the Exec line to
> > > > sh -c "cd %d ; vim %f"
> > >
> > > I tried this in the Menu Editor with gvim but %d and %f don't get
> > > through.
> >
> > Err, that's a bit vague. Did the .desktop file get modified ?
> > (see ~/.kde/share/applnk/*/gvim.desktop or vim.desktop)
> > What happens exactly ?
>

I used 'gvim' instead of 'vim'. gvim.desktop is modified, but from the K 
menu or KFM gvim opens the file "~/%f". I have tried   foo ; bar   
patterns in the menu editor before and they haven't worked either. I also 
tried   cd %d ; gvim %f   but I get a popup from KFM saying that 'cd' 
cannot be found. Using bash instead of sh gives the same results. Leaving 
out the quotes puts gvim in the [panel where minimized apps go] for a 
while and then it goes away.    RH7.2, KDE2.2.2, QT 2.3.2




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