Re: gF doesn't work with latest vim on Windows

Ben Fritz wrote:
> On Thursday, February 18, 2016 at 11:09:34 AM UTC-6, andalou wrote:
>> If I use "set isfname-=:" gF works, but "{visual} gF" doesn't work!
>> I get the same error:
>>
>> E447: Can't find file "main.c:26" in path
>>
> That's because {visual} gF doesn't pay any attention to line numbers, and visually selecting a file name is designed to let you find files whose characters may not be automatically recognized by Vim (e.g. spaces, or if you've removed ':' from isfname and want to go to a file containing one anyway).
>
> :help v_gF
> {Visual}[count]gF Same as "v_gf".
>
> :help v_gf
> {Visual}[count]gf Same as "gf", but the highlighted text is used as the
> name of the file to edit. 'isfname' is ignored.
>
Another way to say that -- use v or ctrl-v to do your visual selecting,
not V.

Regards,
Chip

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