p=/cumbersome/path/to/project
To go there
to p
This saves one "$" and is faster to type ;-) The variable is still useful as such:
vim $p/<TAB>
will expand the variable (at least in bash) and show a list of files to edit.
If setting the bookmarks is too much typing you could add another function
bm() { eval $1=$(pwd); }
then bookmark the current directory with
bm p
Any thoughts on this command? Does it work on your machine? Can you do the same thing with only 14 characters?
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