On Oct 6, 10:20 pm, Ben Fritz <[email protected]> wrote: > I saw :help netrw-star and read that text to understand that netrw can > filter for files matching a pattern in a given directory. > > But I cannot get it to work. > > I tried: > > :Explore ~/vimfiles/*.vim > (nothing happens; no netrw window, no error message, nothing) > > :Explore $HOME/vimfiles/*.vim > (same result; nothing happens) > > :Explore C:/Users/ben/vimfiles/*.vim > (same result) > > :Explore /Users/ben/vimfiles/*.vim > (same result) > > :Explore */~/vimfiles/*.vim > (error message: **warning** (netrw) no files matched) > > :Explore */$HOME/vimfiles/*.vim > (Netrw opens to the WRONG DIRECTORY, C:/Program Files/Vim/vim73/doc, > showing all the .txt files therein) > > :Explore */C:/Users/ben/vimfiles/*.vim > (error message: **warning** (netrw) no files matched) > > :Explore *//Users/ben/vimfiles/*.vim > (C:/Program Files/vim/vim73/doc/arabic.txt opens with a statusline > reading "Match 1 of 43"...I'm REALLY confused here) > > :Explore */Users/ben/vimfiles/*.vim > (error message: **warning** (netrw) no files matched) > > What am I doing wrong here? How am I supposed to use patterns with > netrw? And am I wrong about the filtering behavior?
Version info: " netrwPlugin.vim: Handles file transfer and remote directory listing across a network " PLUGIN SECTION " Date: Feb 10, 2011 VIM - Vi IMproved 7.3 (2010 Aug 15, compiled May 26 2011 05:23:29) MS-Windows 32-bit GUI version with OLE support Included patches: 1-206 Compiled by [email protected] Huge version with GUI. Features included (+) or not (-): +arabic +autocmd +balloon_eval +browse ++builtin_terms +byte_offset +cindent +clientserver +clipboard +cmdline_compl +cmdline_hist +cmdline_info +comments +conceal +cryptv +cscope +cursorbind +cursorshape +dialog_con_gui +diff +digraphs -dnd - ebcdic +emacs_tags +eval +ex_extra +extra_search +farsi +file_in_path +find_in_path +float +folding -footer +gettext/dyn -hangul_input +iconv/dyn +insert_expand +jumplist +keymap +langmap +libcall +linebreak +lispindent +listcmds +localmap +lua/dyn +menu +mksession +modify_fname +mouse +mouseshape +multi_byte_ime/dyn +multi_lang +mzscheme/dyn +netbeans_intg +ole +path_extra +perl/dyn +persistent_undo -postscript +printer +profile +python/dyn -python3 +quickfix +reltime +rightleft +ruby/dyn +scrollbind +signs +smartindent -sniff +startuptime +statusline - sun_workshop +syntax +tag_binary +tag_old_static -tag_any_white +tcl/dyn -tgetent -termresponse +textobjects +title +toolbar +user_commands +vertsplit +virtualedit +visual +visualextra +viminfo +vreplace +wildignore +wildmenu +windows +writebackup -xfontset -xim -xterm_save -xpm_w32 -- You received this message from the "vim_use" 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
