Re: Buffer name changed after :edit command

On 16/09/12 19:45, Timothy Madden wrote:
> On 09/16/2012 04:18 PM, Timothy Madden wrote:
>> Hello
>>
>> In some situation if I try to edit a file like with
>> :edit plugin/script.vim
>> I may end up with a buffer name like '../.vim/plugin/script.vim'
>>
>> Note though two paths are equivalent, assuming the current directory is
>> named ".vim", still the buffer names are not the same in a literal sense.
>>
>> This will happen when I already have the file opened (or listed) with
>> the long name (../.vim/plugin/script.vim), then I try to :edit it in a
>> different window with the short name.
>>
>> In my script I would like to use :MkVimball command plugin from the
>> standard vimball plugin, and if I ran into this problem than MkVimball
>> will create for example a file like ../../src/vim/plugin/scriptname.vim
>> in the vimball archive. Even if the filename I pass to MkVimball really
>> is the right one, plugin/scriptname.vim.
>
> I find that Vim will modify the arguments so as to match existing
> buffers or previous arguments. Thus
>
> :args ../dir/script.vim script.vim
>
> becomes:
>
> :args
> ../dir/script.vim ../dir/script.vim
>
> That is, the second argument is modified to match the first one. The
> same thing happens on the command line, too.
>
> Is there a way to prevent this ?
>
> Thank you,
> Timothy Madden
>
Which Vim version and patchlevel are you using? I think there was a fix
about that, but it was a long time ago.

Best regards,
Tony.
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