Re: Should isfname contain a colon by default on Windows?

On May 21, 9:38 pm, Tim Chase <v...@tim.thechases.com> wrote:
> On 05/21/2011 05:47 AM, John wrote:
>
> > On Windows XP, when I try to edit a filename in Windows
> > Explorer and insert a colon into the name, Windows pops up a
> > box saying that it is an illegal character in a filename.
> > However according to the manual, the default setting of
> > isfname for Windows contains a colon - ie it is
>
> > default for MS-DOS, Win32 and OS/2:
> > "@,48-57,/,\,.,-,_,+,,,#,$,%,{,},[,],:,@-@,!,~,="
>
> > Is this correct?
>
> The reason is to allow things like "gf" to pick up drive letters:
>
>    x:\path\to\file.txt
>
> -tim

Ah, thanks, makes sense. I'm trying to use isfname to validate
filenames for my renamer.vim plugin - guess I'll just have to change
it temporarily while I check the filename without the path.
Cheers,
John

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