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UX: ":edit *.js" should suggest :next #12139

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ChrisPenner opened this issue Apr 17, 2020 · 14 comments
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UX: ":edit *.js" should suggest :next #12139

ChrisPenner opened this issue Apr 17, 2020 · 14 comments
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@ChrisPenner
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@ChrisPenner ChrisPenner commented Apr 17, 2020 •
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Actual behaviour

When simply trying to edit some additional files I often type :e *.js or something similar; this almost ALWAYS results in E77: Too many file names.

Expected behaviour

It's pretty clear what the user wants in this situation; they want to open the files as buffers! I'm sure there are legacy reasons for this error, but it's a pretty poor experience these days that probably doesn't need to stick around. (at least with set hidden enabled)

I've learned I can run :next *.js which has the behaviour I want, but next is a pretty unintuitive name and I don't really see a reason to have more than one command for this functionality.

In the worst case, perhaps we could simply add a note saying Maybe you meant to use :next to the error message? It took a bit of digging to find that solution and I'd love it if others didn't need to do the same.

Thanks for all your work everyone!
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@justinmk justinmk commented Aug 30, 2020

perhaps we could simply add a note saying Maybe you meant to use :next to the error message

That seems reasonable.

I don't think :edit should work like next , because then the "literal" case is not addressed, e.g. if you actually want a buffer with literaly * in the name.
@justinmk justinmk added this to the unplanned milestone Aug 30, 2020
@justinmk justinmk changed the title :edit should behave more like :next UX: ":edit *.js" should suggest :next Aug 30, 2020
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@armhzjz armhzjz commented Aug 31, 2020

Hello. I want to take this issue.
Could you give me a hint on where to look to start working on this issue (i.e. a file name or module or any other reference that could bring me closer to a good start?
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@justinmk justinmk commented Aug 31, 2020

do_exedit()
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@armhzjz armhzjz commented Aug 31, 2020

Thank you very much @justinmk
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@pta2002 pta2002 commented Sep 25, 2020

Are you still interested in working on this @armhzjz? Since it's been 25 days and I haven't seen any [WIP] pull request. I'd be interested in doing this too if you've stopped working on the issue.
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@armhzjz armhzjz commented Sep 25, 2020

Hello @pta2002. I was on vacations and came back this Wednesday (two days ago) - that's why you saw no movement here. But I am in deed interested still on this and currently working on this. Thanks for asking.
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@pta2002 pta2002 commented Sep 25, 2020

Alright, good luck!
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@ritwikchakraborty123 ritwikchakraborty123 commented Oct 2, 2020

Hai I. Want to solve this issue
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@armhzjz armhzjz commented Oct 2, 2020

Hello @ritwikchakraborty123,
Sorry but I am currently working on it.
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@Lee-yeah-sign Lee-yeah-sign commented Oct 8, 2020

okay
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@keremgocen keremgocen commented Oct 11, 2020

any updates on this one?:)
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@armhzjz armhzjz commented Oct 11, 2020

PR created. It seems it has big chances of being merged as long as I provide a test.
:)
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@nc1337 nc1337 commented Apr 12, 2021

Is this issue still open?? @armhzjz.
If not i would like to start on this issue.
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@armhzjz armhzjz commented Apr 12, 2021

Hi @nc1337 , still on.
FYI, it was decided that this issue should be merged in vim.
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