filename completion ignorecase for Vim 7
Hi all, For Vim 7, it seems that filename completion in the :cmdline ignores case when searching for matches. For example, :e FTab matches both foo.txt Foo.txt This is different from Vim 6 where it only matches Foo.txt Is there any way to revert back to the old behavior? -- Gerald
Re: filename completion ignorecase for Vim 7
try :noic On Sat, Jun 17, 2006 at 02:32:46AM -0700, Gerald Lai wrote: Hi all, For Vim 7, it seems that filename completion in the :cmdline ignores case when searching for matches. For example, :e FTab matches both foo.txt Foo.txt This is different from Vim 6 where it only matches Foo.txt Is there any way to revert back to the old behavior? -- Gerald
Re: filename completion ignorecase for Vim 7
Gerald Lai wrote: For Vim 7, it seems that filename completion in the :cmdline ignores case when searching for matches. For example, :e FTab matches both foo.txt Foo.txt This is different from Vim 6 where it only matches Foo.txt Is there any way to revert back to the old behavior? What system? On MS-Windows case of filenames is ignored, on Unix it matters, on Mac it depends. -- He was not in the least bit scared to be mashed into a pulp Or to have his eyes gouged out and his elbows broken; To have his kneecaps split and his body burned away And his limbs all hacked and mangled, brave Sir Robin. Monty Python and the Holy Grail PYTHON (MONTY) PICTURES LTD /// Bram Moolenaar -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://www.Moolenaar.net \\\ ///sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ \\\ \\\download, build and distribute -- http://www.A-A-P.org/// \\\help me help AIDS victims -- http://ICCF-Holland.org///
Re: filename completion ignorecase for Vim 7
On Sat, 17 Jun 2006, Bram Moolenaar wrote: Gerald Lai wrote: For Vim 7, it seems that filename completion in the :cmdline ignores case when searching for matches. For example, :e FTab matches both foo.txt Foo.txt This is different from Vim 6 where it only matches Foo.txt Is there any way to revert back to the old behavior? What system? On MS-Windows case of filenames is ignored, on Unix it matters, on Mac it depends. I'm on Windows for Vim 7, Linux for Vim 6 :) That explains it. I guess this is a matter of discrepancy between what the user wants to match, and what the OS cares to read. IMHO, what the user wants to match should take priority over whether the OS cares about the case of its filenames. Perhaps for Windows, we could have a 'smartcase' setup for filename completion matching where it's ignorecase only when all the characters are lowercase. Thanks. -- Gerald
Re: filename completion ignorecase for Vim 7
On Sat, 17 Jun 2006, A.J.Mechelynck wrote: Gerald Lai wrote: On Sat, 17 Jun 2006, Bram Moolenaar wrote: Gerald Lai wrote: For Vim 7, it seems that filename completion in the :cmdline ignores case when searching for matches. For example, :e FTab matches both foo.txt Foo.txt This is different from Vim 6 where it only matches Foo.txt Is there any way to revert back to the old behavior? What system? On MS-Windows case of filenames is ignored, on Unix it matters, on Mac it depends. I'm on Windows for Vim 7, Linux for Vim 6 :) That explains it. I guess this is a matter of discrepancy between what the user wants to match, and what the OS cares to read. IMHO, what the user wants to match should take priority over whether the OS cares about the case of its filenames. Perhaps for Windows, we could have a 'smartcase' setup for filename completion matching where it's ignorecase only when all the characters are lowercase. Thanks. -- Gerald IIUC, under Windows it is not possible to have in the same directory two files whose names differ only in case. Let's say you have Makefile in some directory. Creating makefile or MAKEFILE in the same directory will overwrite it. Similarly foo.c, FOO.C and Foo.C are indistinguishable. If Vim tries to open one of them, and another one exists, the OS will deliver it. Thus a 'smartcase' or 'noignorecase' setting for Windows filenames makes no sense. True. But how about filenames that aren't the same? Let's say we have these files on a Windows system: franticallysearching_0_alongfilename.txt franticallysearching_1_alongfilename.txt .. franticallysearching_641237_alongfilename.txt Franticallysearching_641238_alongfilename.txt franticallysearching_641239_alongfilename.txt .. franticallysearching_99_alongfilename.txt and we know we want to edit the file that starts with the capital F. When we do :e FTab would we expect it to match :e franticallysearching_ where we have to follow up by typing in the unknown number for that capital F file? I'd rather have it match :e Franticallysearching_641238_alongfilename.txt where it does what it's told to do. I could care less that Windows treats these files the same: franticallysearching_641238_alongfilename.txt Franticallysearching_641238_alongfilename.txt fraNtIcallysearChiNg_641238_alongfilename.txt to let it affect what I'm searching for. In the end, it's a matter of preference :) -- Gerald
