Re: how to go to a file,lineno

Hi,

ZyX wrote:
> Reply to message «how to go to a file,lineno»,
> sent 08:19:12 05 September 2011, Monday
> by sinbad:
>
>> i have a file name and line number, how can i go to that
>> file,line in vimscript. the following isn't working.
>>
>> exe ":silent! e".fname
>> exe ":silent! ".lineno
>> exe ":redraw"
> Of course, it is not. You forgot to escape filename and forgot to add a space
> after :e:
>
> execute 'silent edit '.fnameescape(fname)
> execute 'silent '.lineno
> redraw
> Don't use `:silent!', it is a bad practise to junk possible error messages. And
> you need neither :execute before :redraw, nor `:' before commands in :execute.
> You can also use
>
> execute 'silent edit' fnameescape(fname) '+'.lineno

the syntax for :edit is

:e[dit] [++opt] [+cmd] {file}

so you'll have to swap the file name and the command:

execute 'silent edit' '+'.lineno fnameescape(fname)

Regards,
Jürgen

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