Hi A.J.Mechelynck, you wrote: > > When specifying just a file name, with no wildcards and no completion, I > would expect Vim to edit the file if it exists, regardless of any > 'wildignore' setting. For instance if I want to salvage a previous version > of a file from a backup: Let's say 'wildignore' is set to "~,.bak"; then > ":args > foobar.*" or ":e foobar.<Tab>" should ignore foobar.bak but IMO ":e > foobar.bak" shouldn't. Similarly on the command-line: gvim foobar.* should > ignore it > but gvim foobar.bak should edit it, regardless of whether > "--remote-tab-silent" is on the command line or not. >
I agree wtih this. One thing which is tricky is > Similarly on the command-line: gvim foobar.* should ignore it I believe the expansion will be done by command shell and doesn't know anything about 'wildignore' so Vim will get just list of files. -- Alexei Alexandrov
