2008/8/24 Bram Moolenaar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> Still, this behaviour of :args is very counterintuitive: if I start >> Vim with "gvim file1.m file1.h file2.m" then the arglist will be the >> order I specified, whereas if I start Vim, then type ":args file1.m >> file1.h file2.m" the arglist will be in a different order (unless I >> ":set su=" first). >> >> So this still makes me wonder if there isn't a way force :args _not_ >> to rearrange the filenames you pass to it? What is the rationale >> behind making :args perform this kind of "sorting"? > > ":args" works like giving the arguments on the Vim command line, where > the shell does the wildcard expansion. Then Vim handles 'suffixes' to > move less important files to the end. But the list isn't sorted, only > the matches from expanded arguments are sorted. > > It has always been this way and changing it may go against the > expectations of long time users.
Ok, well at least I can make :args open files in the order I want by temporarily clearing 'suffixes' so this is not too big a deal for me. Thanks, Björn --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
