On Monday, 8 August 2016 14:34:34 UTC+1, Alex wrote: > Hi, > > I use VIM 7.4 on unix, but similar behaviour was on Windows as well. > > With commands that expect file names, backticks can be used similar to unix > shells: > > :e `echo aaa` > > or, assuming we have VIM variable aaa already set, we can use VIM backtick > expansion : > > :e `=aaa` > > However, shell backtick expansion is more robust, for example, the following > will work : > > :e `echo aaa`.txt > > while the following will not (at least not as expected): > > :e `=aaa`.txt > > Is it a bug or made on purpose for some reason? > > Regards, > > Alex
There is obviously a workaround for this, but it looks kind of cumbersome : :e `=expand(aaa . '.txt')` -- -- 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.
