Ben Fritz 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?
:Explore */filespec : does current directory matching to determine
which, if any, of the files in the _current_ directory match your filespec
:Explore **/filespec : searches the current directory and its
subdirectories for files which match your filespec
:Explore *//pattern : searches the current directory for files which
contain a match to the pattern
:Explore **//pattern : searches the current directory and its
subdirectories for files which contain a match to the pattern
Something like :Explore */*.vim would match all *.vim files in your
current directory. :Explore **/*.vim will match all *.vim files in your
current directory and in your current subdirectories.
Another way to say this: putting path information into the filespec
won't work.
Perhaps
:e /Users/ben/vimfiles
:Explore *.vim
will do one of the things you wanted.
Regards,
Chip Campbell
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