Simon Pamies Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2006 3:19 AM >* Simon Pamies wrote, On 27.12.2006 11:50 Uhr: >> Hi All, >> >> I had some problems using the :buffer listing. If you have many >> files (read 30+) open, the :buffer list is cluttered up with
I usually have over 100 buffers, and have no problems with the existing support for buffers. >> long directory names (especially if working with files >> scattered over many directories) and you loose overview. It is possible to write a plugin to list buffers sorted by name (http://www.vim.org/tips/tip.php?tip_id=976) -- but this is not really needed most of the time! >> Switching to another buffer can be a real pain especially >> because the completion completes on directory names. Don't see what the problem is. The following :b <partial> <tab> works fine for me. >> If you have directories named like files then you're typing >> stuff w/o getting to your file. > > I just discovered a bug introduced shortly before creating the > diffs: If hitting WCHAR after menu is shown, completion will > still take directories. Will fix that in the next few days. Better to do such customizations as a plugin rather than patch the sources. --Suresh
