Command to CD and start VIM with plugin

Question

I'm trying to improve my "switching projects" workflow.

Right now it works like this (I'm on OS X 10.6.7)

Open terminal.

I have this alias:

alias work='cd /Volumes/blah/Projects/'

So i type: "work" -> "cd ProjectName"

Then i Open VIM.

Inside i VIM, i always open :NERDTree plugin.

I'm wondering if there is a way to do this in one command like:

workon ProjectName

(similar to what virtualenv has for python, where you use a "hook" to cd into a specified directory)

Answer 1

In your ~/.vimrc add

autocmd VimEnter * NERDTree

This will automatically execute the vim command (starting the NERDTree plugin). Here's a short script that will achieve what you're after.

$ cat workon
#!/bin/bash

cd /Volumes/blah/Projects/$1
vim