Re: Strange/useless/misleading "error" with "gf"

Tim Chase wrote:

> To replicate:
>
> 1) start a clean Vim:
>
> vim -u NONE
>
> 2) read in a directory listing with the side-effect of marking the
> current buffer as modified
> :r! ls " *nix
> :r! dir /b " Win32
>
>
> 3) position the cursor over a filename that can be identified by
> 'isfname'
>
> 4) type "gf" to go to that file
>
> 5) As expected, Vim gives an E37 error that the file has been modified
> (because it was in step 2). However, the message here suggests that I
> might want to "add ! to override". I'm not sure how one adds an "!"
> to the "gf" command. :-)
>
> (yes, I know I could use ":e!" and pull down the filename)

Yes, that error message is confusing. I'll make a patch to improve
that.

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