autochdir and NERDTree
nerdtree, vim
Solution
From `:help autochdir`:
This option is provided for backward compatibility with the Vim released with Sun ONE Studio 4 Enterprise Edition. Note: When this option is on some plugins may not work.
I.e. it is obsolete, inflexible and breaks plugins. I suggest you don't use it, and instead use one of the alternate, more configurable mechanisms here. For instance,
autocmd BufEnter * if &ft !~ '^nerdtree$' | silent! lcd %:p:h | endif
However, while this does not change the current directory when you pull up NERDTree, it will not preserve it, either. I'm not 100% sure what you mean in your last paragraph.
Problem
`autochdir` automatically sets the current working directory to the present file that the cursor is located on. I'd like to exclude `autochdir` from changing the directory if the cursor is in the NERDTree window. For example, if the present file I'm working on is in `~/foo`, and the NERDTree window is in `~/lots/of/stuff/here`, I'd like to go to the NERDTree window and still have the current working directory set to `~/foo`. That way, one can apply the `CD` keybind, which will set NERDTree's root tree node to `~/foo`. Otherwise, it's terribly inconvenient to manually change the root tree node in the NERDTree window by navigating to `~/foo`, and then applying the `cd` keybind.