Just a follow up on what I've learned here. I don't think that the ":file" command makes much sense in the cmdline window. However, I don't think it should be disallowed when curbuf_lock is set. Since these restrictions go together, not much can be done.
Still, this is more of a decision about when it is okay to call the ":file" command. It's not a bug. Since I was concerned with the output of ":file" only, I used the following... :execute "normal! \<C-G>" instead. That worked for me! Just a note for anyone who may have read my original post. -- -- 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 vim_dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
