On 07/07/08 10:13, ThoML wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I get an "E499: Empty file name for '%' or '#', only works with
> ':p:h'" when a directory/file name contains % and I try to open the
> file with --remote:
>
> start gvim -u NONE --noplugin
> cd foo%bar
> gvim --remote foo
> => E499
>
> I tried verbose=12 but don't get any hints what exactly is causing
> this.
>
> In the README for the patches for 7.2 I found
> 20111 7.2a.013 shellescape() does not escape "%" and "#" characters
> 1459 7.2a.014 problem with % in a message
>
> I don't know if this problem is related to either of them.
>
> Regards,
> Thomas.
In Vim, % usually means "the current file name". Here we have one Vim
instance (the client) trying to pass to another instance (the server) a
file name whose full name contains a percent sign -- and, I suppose, one
of them is trying to replace that % by the name of the file it is
currently editing -- but it is currently on a [No Name] buffer, whose
"filename" is actually the empty string.
Best regards,
Tony.
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