[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello,
The vim 7.0 does not come with the file explorer, instead with the netrw
plugin.
However, I dislike it. My favorate is the file explore standard plugin.
I disabled the netrw plugin, I found the file explorer in the Vim 6.4 and
copied it into Vim 7.0 but it doesn't work.
When I use :Explorer, it reported error in the StartExplore function line
28.--- unable to open swap file for <a>
Well, I bet the Explorer functions well in Vim 6.4. Why can't it work in
Vim 7.0?
I'm running Vim 7.0 patch 035 on Cygwin, the exploere.vim comes from
runtime file in Vim 6.4
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Sincerely, Pan, Shi Zhu. ext: 2606
Near the 28th line of function s:StartExplorer (at script line 206 in
the explorer.vim for Vim 6.4 dated 2004 May 13) I see
let startcmd = "edit " . fname
and 2 lines lower
silent execute startcmd
which I suspect is the proximate cause of the error you mention. Now
what is the value of the variable "fname"? Answer: it is defined inside
the ":if" block starting at line 183 of the script. Conclusion:
- If the "start directory" argument to :Explore is not empty, then that
becomes the value of "fname"
- Otherwise, if expanding the directory of the current editfile gives a
nonempty result, then that becomes the value of "fname"
- Otherwise, the value of "fname" is the word under (or nearest) the cursor.
Does that explain your question? "<a>" is obviously not a valid
directory name, but somehow I suspect it is one of the three possible
values of "fname" as listed above.
Maybe you should have downloaded the 6.4 helpfile for the Explorer
plugin; I guess you would have found in it what I found above by
inspecting the script source.
Best regards,
Tony.
