> :e ~/File name > > E172: Only one file name allowed The space is causing vim to think it's trying to open more than one file
> :e "~/File name" > > E32: No file name " is for a comment in vimscript, so vim is ignoring the rest of the command. > :e ~/"File name" > > "~/" Illegal file name This is the same problem, vim ignores everything after the ". Since this ends in a / vim thinks it's a directory, not a file. > Do I need to do some kind of special escape sequence in order to open it, or > is VIM just designed such that I can't do this? All the previous posts about using the \ character to escape a space should work. -- 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
