How to use variables correctly in vimrc

Question

I want the vim plugin to CtrlP

search in mine working_directory

, when I press Ctrl + E I have the following lines in.vimrc

let working_directory ="/home/username/website/blog"
noremap <C-e> :CtrlP &working_directory<CR>

This does not work. How do I use a variable correctly working_directory

to make it work?

+3

Searene Jul 20. '15 at 6:34

1 answer

romainl · Accepted Answer · 2015-07-20T06:53:14+0000

You can also use :execute

concatenation to insert an expression into your mapping:

execute "nnoremap <C-e> :CtrlP " . working_directory . "<CR>"

Or you can use the case of expressions:

nnoremap <C-e> :CtrlP <C-r>=working_directory<CR><CR>