Ben Schmidt wrote: > Ilya Sher wrote: >> Zvi Har'El wrote: >>> I don't think it is worth the trouble insisting to pass % to an external >>> command instead of passing "%". >> The big plus here is much less typing: >> comparing :e %<CR> vs :e "%"<CR> gives >> 5 vs 7 characters to type. >> >> Maybe some modifier might be added to % to make >> it usable in "" or ''. I mean like in :he filename-modifiers . > > Or would it be too way out to suggest that % automatically quote itself if it > finds it's not already inside "" or ''?
That was my original thought but that would brake existing scripts, so I suggested make it optional. > My suspicion is that escaping within > quotes is more consistent across different shells than without quotes. > Trouble is, > is there any time you would want to use % inside quotes yet with other text > also > in the quotes...Hmmm...probably someone would have a reason to want to...But > then, > in those rare cases, one could resort to :exe and put together a more > carefully > constructed expression. For simple use of % perhaps auto-quoting is the best > option. > > Ben. > > > > > Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com > > > > -- http://ilya-sher.org/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
