Where vim searches for its filename completion ctrl-x ctrl-f? [closed]

Question

I have a bunch of files in (project)/src and (project)/inc.

When I press <C-x><C-f> vim should give me suggestions about filenames from there but I couldn't find how to set the directories it searches in.

The documentation I read says only that <C-p> and <C-n> moves inside the list but nothing about calibrating the search path.

Answer 1

set autochdir

automatically sets the "current directory" to the one containing the current file. Put it in your vimrc, enjoy life.

Answer 2

Its the pwd or the path from where the vim was launched.Its not configurable.

Although a new feature called path-support will be available in vim soon: http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/options.html#%27path%27

That might help you configure more.

In the meantime try these vim plugins:

FuzzyFinder http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script%5Fid=1984

zvim https://bitbucket.org/ZyX_I/zvim

t-command http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=3025

Or you can write your own vim plugin.

Refer:
http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Searching_for_files_in_a_directory_listing
And
http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Source_vimrc_and_use_tags_in_a_parent_directory