If there is only a problem with :Ex and not with :e, then I was
barking up the wrong tree. I think you are right: the definition of
:Explore has changed, and that is why command-line completion does not
work. I am cc'ing the author of the netrw plugin, so he can fix it.
Here is the definition of :Explore from vim 6.4
(plugin/explorer.vim):
command -n=? -complete=dir Explore :call s:StartExplorer(0, '<a>')
Here is the definition from vim 7.0 (plugin/netrwPlugin.vim):
com! -nargs=? -bar -bang -count=0 Explore call
netrw#Explore(<count>,0,0+<bang>0,<q-args>)
Note the missing "-complete=dir".
HTH --Benji Fisher
On Fri, May 12, 2006 at 08:12:00AM -0700, inet working wrote:
> i did a little more research and it seems <tab>
> completion *only* doesn't work for ":Ex LongDir<tab>".
>
> If i just do :e LongDirTo<TAB> or in many other cases,
> tab filename completion works just fine. I am
> guessing ":Ex" directory explorer is diff from prev
> versions so the default tab completion behavior in
> cmdline mode changed while more features are added to
> the implementation of cmdline-completion and/or ":Ex"
> dir explorer, since :Ex cmdline is taking wildcards
> for pattern matching, like :Ex *foobar.
>
> The output for your suggested commands in my gvim7 on
> winxp seems to be pretty reasonable - what do you
> think? Thanks.
>
> output of :verbose set compatible? cpo? wildchar?
>
> nocompatible
> Last set from C:\Program
> Files\Vim\vim70\vimrc_example.vim
> cpoptions=aABceFs
> Last set from C:\Program
> Files\Vim\vim70\autoload\netrw.vim
> wildchar=<Tab>
> Last set from C:\Program
> Files\Vim\vim70\vimrc_example.vim
>
> output of :scriptnames
> 1: C:\Program Files\Vim\_vimrc
> 2: C:\Program Files\Vim\vim70\vimrc_example.vim
> 3: C:\Program Files\Vim\vim70\syntax\syntax.vim
> 4: C:\Program Files\Vim\vim70\syntax\synload.vim
> 5: C:\Program Files\Vim\vim70\syntax\syncolor.vim
> 6: C:\Program Files\Vim\vim70\filetype.vim
> 7: C:\Program Files\Vim\vim70\menu.vim
> 8: C:\Program Files\Vim\vim70\autoload\paste.vim
> 9: C:\Program Files\Vim\vim70\ftplugin.vim
> 10: C:\Program Files\Vim\vim70\indent.vim
> 11: C:\Program Files\Vim\vim70\mswin.vim
> 12: C:\Program Files\Vim\vim70\colors\peachpuff.vim
> 13: C:\Program Files\Vim\vim70\plugin\getscript.vim
> 14: C:\Program Files\Vim\vim70\plugin\gzip.vim
> 15: C:\Program Files\Vim\vim70\plugin\matchparen.vim
> 16: C:\Program Files\Vim\vim70\plugin\netrwPlugin.vim
> 17: C:\Program Files\Vim\vim70\plugin\rrhelper.vim
> 18: C:\Program Files\Vim\vim70\plugin\spellfile.vim
> 19: C:\Program Files\Vim\vim70\plugin\tarPlugin.vim
> 20: C:\Program Files\Vim\vim70\plugin\tohtml.vim
> 21: C:\Program
> Files\Vim\vim70\plugin\vimballPlugin.vim
> 22: C:\Program Files\Vim\vim70\plugin\zipPlugin.vim
> 23: C:\Program Files\Vim\vim70\scripts.vim
> 24: C:\Program Files\Vim\vim70\autoload\netrw.vim
> 25: C:\Program Files\Vim\vim70\syntax\netrw.vim
> 26: C:\Program Files\Vim\vim70\syntax\help.vim
> 27: C:\Program Files\Vim\vim70\ftplugin\help.vim
>
> --- Benji Fisher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > On Thu, May 11, 2006 at 09:27:25AM -0700, inet
> > working wrote:
> > > I just installed vim7 on windows xp. the installer
> > > prog also removed vim6 (i chose to keep the vimrc
> > file
> > > i'd).
> > >
> > > first problem i ran into is, in gvim command mode,
> > > typing
> > > :Ex c:\LongDir<TAB>
> > >
> > > insert ^I instead of completing the file/dir name
> > to
> > > LongDirName. This always worked until vim7.
> > >
> > > Do I (how) need to edit .vimrc somehow so tab file
> > > name completion would work again in Vim7 ?
> >
> > It looks as though you are getting
> > vi-compatible behavior of <TAB>
> > on the command line. Specifically, 'wildchar' may
> > be set to its
> > vi-default rather than its vim-default. Please
> > check the following.
> >
> > :verbose set compatible? cpo? wildchar?
> >
> > You are supposed to get 'nocompatible' and
> > vim-defaults as soon as vim
> > finds a user vimrc file, so please also check that
> > your vimrc file is
> > being loaded by looking at
> >
> > :scriptnames
> >
> > HTH --Benji Fisher
> >
>
>
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