On Tue 1-Aug-06 1:52am -0600, Hugo Ahlenius wrote: > I just upgraded netrw to netrw 103b from Charles Campbell's web-site. Now it > seems like opening a directory by just trying to edit it doesn't work, like > it used to: > :e c:\ > > Could there be an autocommand that is missing? The only message I get is > "Illegal file name". Browsing directories works through the "Explore" > command though. > > (I am on gvim 7.0 on WinXP, non-cygwin)
I have the same setup and had a similar problem after installing the new releases to $vim\vimfiles or ~\vimfiles. Do you still have the distribution copy of netrw v98 installed to $vimruntime? If so, either remove it (all 6 files) or make the following change to $vim\plugin\netrwPlugin.vim: Replace (right after the "Load Once" line): if exists("g:loaded_netrw") finish endif with: if exists("g:loaded_netrwPlugin") finish endif let g:loaded_netrwPlugin = 1 -- Best regards, Bill