Nikolay Pavlov wrote: > On Jul 4, 2013 10:25 PM, "Bram Moolenaar" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Nikolay Pavlov wrote: > > > > > > It's the other way around: On MS-Windows you can do: > > > > > > > > :e foo\$bar > > > > > > > > That is editing the file "$bar" in directory "foo". On Unix this has > a > > > > different meaning, editing file "foo$bar", thus not using $bar as an > > > > environment variable. That's why test 97 won't work on MS-Windows. > > > > > > I had a problem with expand(fnameescape('$HOME')): here '$HOME' is > assumed > > > to be ./$HOME and fnameescape() does not cope with this. Same for > ./a$HOME: > > > it tries to edit either ./aC:... (which is impossible due to requirement > > > not to have colon in the filename) or ./a/$HOME. There is a bug here. > > > > It's a problem, since: > > > > :e $HOME > > > > Means to expand the environment variable $HOME, while > > > > :e \$HOME > > > > Might mean editing the file "$HOME" in the current drive. > > > > Backslash escaping just doesn't work here. Perhaps we should require > > Windows style environment variables: > > > > :e %HOME% > > > > That's not backwards compatible though. > > I would suggest different kind of escaping: $$ will mean a single $. Not > the best as it adds different meaning to $, but since backslash was > partially released from its regular meaning (escape character) it is the > best I can deduce.
Yeah, using $$HOME where $HOME is meant literally would probably work best. But it's very difficult to make all pieces of the code, with environment variable expansion and wildcard handling work properly. I'll make it a todo item. -- I wonder, do vegetarians eat fruit bats? /// Bram Moolenaar -- [email protected] -- http://www.Moolenaar.net \\\ /// sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ \\\ \\\ an exciting new programming language -- http://www.Zimbu.org /// \\\ help me help AIDS victims -- http://ICCF-Holland.org /// -- -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
