:args `=filter(expand('**', v:true, v:true), '!isdirectory(v:val)')` works
for me (Vim 8.2.74 on OpenBSD 6.6). If you checked on Windows it might mean
a Windows related bug(?)
On Sun, Jan 5, 2020 at 10:01 PM Tim Chase <v...@tim.thechases.com> wrote:
> On 2020-01-05 06:28, Jason Franklin wrote:
> > Is there a concise, clean method to omit directories from the
> > arglist when populating it with all files below the current project
> > directory?
>
> I was unable to find anything inherent to the "**" token, but at
> least on *nix-like platforms you might be able to use
>
> :args `find . -type f`
>
> as detailed at
>
> :help backtick-expansion
>
> If you're stuck on Windows without a find(1) command, you *should*
> *in theory* be able to do it in pure vim with a bit more typing:
>
> :args `=filter(expand('**', v:true, v:true), '!isdirectory(v:val)')`
>
> because
>
> :echo filter(expand('**', v:true, v:true), '!isdirectory(v:val)')
>
> returns the right results. However I'm not getting this to work.
> Can another set of eyes confirm if this is a bug? I'm basing my
> determination on
>
> :help `=
> """
> You can have the backticks expanded as a Vim expression, instead of
> as an external command, by putting an equal sign right after the
> first backtick
> ...
> When the result is a |List| then each item is used as a name.
> """
>
> So I would expect the ":args `=…`" to work because the filter()
> returns a list according to type().
>
> Am I missing something?
>
> -tim
>
>
>
>
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