Re: Opening/creating a filename with a space using the :e command?

On Monday, December 31, 2012 12:36:26 PM UTC-6, Tim Chase wrote:
> On 12/31/12 09:48, delph367 wrote:
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> > Do I need to do some kind of special escape sequence in order to
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> > open it, or is VIM just designed such that I can't do this?
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> I don't know which OS you're on, but you might try using a backslash
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> to escape the space:
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> :e ~/path/to/file\ with\ space
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Vim handles the file path internally so this is how to do it on any system, even Windows.

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