Vim path separator & auto-completion

Question

Working on web stuff, in windows, to be hosted on linux.

Completing paths with ^X^F automatically inserts "\" as the path separator on windows, which is quite correct, but not what I want, so:

Is there a way I can tell it to use "/" as the path separator for auto-completion regardless of OS?

Habi · Accepted Answer · 2010-03-04 07:35:46Z

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Perhaps this helps, or is at least a starting point for further digging:

:help dos-backslash

shows

When you prefer to use forward slashes, set the 'shellslash' option. Vim will then replace backslashes with forward slashes when expanding file names. This is especially useful when using a Unix-like 'shell'.

answered Mar 4, 2010 at 7:35

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sjh Over a year ago

Winner! I am dropping its shortcut "set ssl" in certain ftplugin files now

e-malito Over a year ago

:set ssl -> slashes will be forward slashes / (ssl is short for shellslash) :set nossl -> slashes will be backward slashes `\`

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