Bug#894536: vim: Name suggestions for edit command should not include directories

[David Christensen]

On 04/02/18 18:16, Jason Pleau wrote:
> Hi
> 
> On 04/01/2018 01:27 AM, David Christensen wrote:
>> Package: vim
>> Version: 2:8.0.0197-4+deb9u1
>> Severity: wishlist
>>
>> Dear Maintainer,
>>
>> The 'e' (edit) command of Vim has command-line completion.  Items
>> offered include file names and directory names.  Directory names
>> should not be included by default.
>>
>> TIA,
>>
>> David
>>
> 
> I think this is the correct behavior and should stay default.
> 
> Typing :e to edit this file:
> 
> /some/verylongdirectorynames/tohideaveryspecial/file
> 
> I am very grateful to have autocompletion :)

Thank you for the prompt reply.


My use-case is Perl module development.  It is common to have a module 
source subtree such as:

     lib/Foo.pm
     lib/Foo/Bar.pm
     lib/Foo/Baz.pm


I find that when using ':e' in Vim, I end up opening lib/Foo by accident 
far too often.  Is there a solution?


David