Change Working Directory to that of current file

A lot of features in vim work off of the working directory. Here's a quick way to change the working directory to that of the file you are in.

" Change Working Directory to that of the current file
cmap cwd lcd %:p:h
cmap cd. lcd %:p:h

There are two alternative keymappings here.

I prefer the latter, but there's no harm of having both in your .vimrc file.

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