Re: expand('%<.exe') omits the '.exe'?

On Tue, December 21, 2010 8:38 am, H Xu wrote:
> I want to use '%<.exe' to access the exe file whose title is the same
> with the file which is currently edited. For example, current buffer
> is a.c, is it possible to access a.exe by expanding '%<.exe'? If I
> don't use '%' here, what should I use?
> Thanks for your help.

(Please don't top poste).
Don't use expand(). It's easier if you use simple ex-commands, e.g.
:e %<.exe
would edit the .exe file for the file currently edited (silly example,
as this does not make sense to edit binary files).
Or an example I use regularly when editing latex files:
:! xpdf %<.pdf
(from the faq: http://vimhelp.appspot.com/vim_faq.txt.html#faq-16.1)

regards,
Christian

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