On 15-Jun-2012 15:35:05 +0200, Ingo Karkat wrote:
> The issue is that some plugin writers have used backtick expansion as
> a workaround for the mentioned bugs in fnameescape().
I think the help text could also be more clear about 'wildignore'; I only found
out about this behavior by chance.
-- regards, ingo
diff -r ca39f14c1ec3 runtime/doc/editing.txt
--- a/runtime/doc/editing.txt Thu Jun 14 20:59:25 2012 +0200
+++ b/runtime/doc/editing.txt Fri Jun 15 17:05:30 2012 +0200
@@ -377,8 +377,9 @@
embedded spaces must be escaped with a backslash.
*wildcard* *wildcards*
-Wildcards in {file} are expanded. Which wildcards are supported depends on
-the system. These are the common ones:
+Wildcards in {file} are expanded, but as with file completion, 'wildignore'
+and 'suffixes' apply. Which wildcards are supported depends on the system.
+These are the common ones:
? matches one character
* matches anything, including nothing
** matches anything, including nothing, recurses into directories
@@ -422,9 +423,10 @@
external command, by using the syntax `={expr}` e.g.: >
:e `=tempname()`
The expression can contain just about anything, thus this can also be used to
-avoid the special meaning of '"', '|', '%' and '#'. Names are to be separated
-with line breaks. When the result is a |List| then each item is used as a
-name. Line breaks also separate names.
+avoid the special meaning of '"', '|', '%' and '#', but 'wildignore' still
+applies. Use |fnameescape()| together with |:execute| to open arbitrary
+files. Names are to be separated with line breaks. When the result is a
+|List| then each item is used as a name. Line breaks also separate names.
*++opt* *[++opt]*
The [++opt] argument can be used to force the value of 'fileformat',
diff -r ca39f14c1ec3 runtime/doc/options.txt
--- a/runtime/doc/options.txt Thu Jun 14 20:59:25 2012 +0200
+++ b/runtime/doc/options.txt Fri Jun 15 17:05:30 2012 +0200
@@ -7841,9 +7841,9 @@
{not available when compiled without the |+wildignore|
feature}
A list of file patterns. A file that matches with one of these
- patterns is ignored when completing file or directory names, and
- influences the result of |expand()|, |glob()| and |globpath()| unless
- a flag is passed to disable this.
+ patterns is ignored when expanding |wildcards|, completing file or
+ directory names, and influences the result of |expand()|, |glob()| and
+ |globpath()| unless a flag is passed to disable this.
The pattern is used like with |:autocmd|, see |autocmd-patterns|.
Also see 'suffixes'.
Example: >
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