Re: Buffer name changed after :edit command

On 16/09/12 21:14, Timothy Madden wrote:
>> When I have a file opened in a window with the long name, and then I use
>> :sv or :new with the short name as argument, then both statuslines
>> display the short name from then on, howsoever I switch windows among
>> them. Example:
>>
>> :pwd
>> /root/.mozilla/seamonkey/nexrdon9.default
>> :sv ../nexrdon9.default/chrome/userChrome.css
>> statusline says: ../nexrdon9.default/chrome/userChrome.css
>> :sv chrome/userChrome.css
>> _both_ statuslines say: chrome/userChrome.css
>> Ctrl-W p
>> both statuslines still say: chrome/userChrome.css
>>
>> Similarly with
>> ../../seamonkey/nexrdon9.default/chrome/userContent-example.css : as
>> soon as I supply the short name, _both_ windows for that file get (and
>> keep) the short name in their statusline.
>>
>>
>> What happens if you open the file in a window with the short name first,
>> and then pass expand('%') to MkVimball?
>>
>>
>> FWIW, I'm using gvim 7.3.661 (Huge) with GTK2-GNOME GUI.
>
> In my case (Vim 7.3.154, Huge version with GTK2 GUI, Slackware 13.37),
> both windows display the original (long name).
>
> A simple `:cd .` refreshes them both to use the short name, but not in a
> script that is sourced or run with `vim -e` (not even with :redraw).
>
> Is there way to check in advance that this would happen, so I can wipe
> the damn buffer (and load if later) ?
>
> About using expand('%'), Vimball documentation says the files should
> always be relative (unless I intend to distribute some file like
> /etc/opt/plugin-config) that is meant to be absolute).
>
> Thank you,
> Timothy Madden
>

Well, expand('%:.') then. But expand('%') (without :p) ought to be good
enough.


Patch 7.3.154 was released on 2 April 2011. I recommend that you upgrade.

See http://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/patches/7.3/README for a one-line summary
of each patch to Vim 7.3.


If Slackware distributes no version of Vim later than 7.3.154, then see

http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Getting_the_Vim_source_with_Mercurial
http://users.skynet.be/antoine.mechelynck/vim/compunix.htm

about how to compile your own Vim on Unix-like systems. (The former of
these web pages obsoletes the part of the latter about getting and
patching the source.)


Best regards,
Tony.
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