Re: [vile] bug/change with editing multiple files

[Paul Fox]

marc wrote:
 > On Sun, Mar 6, 2016 at 7:46 AM, Chris Green <address@hidden> wrote:
 > >> vi *
 > >>
 > >> (You are editing file a)
 > >>
 > >> Immediately use
 > >>
 > >> :e e
 > >>
 > >> to edit file e, and then use :n.  You will go to files f, g, h, i, and j.
 > >> In this instance, where the first thing you do is :e , you lose :n access
 > >> to the files you skipped over.
 > >>
 > > I don't see your symptoms in version 9.8p, it always reverts to the
 > > original sequence of files whether I do ':e e' at the beginning or
 > > some of the way through.
 > 
 > I can't reproduce in 9.8q either. Setup,
 > 
 >   ~/tmp/v $ touch a  b  c  d  e  f  g  h  i  j
 >   ~/tmp/v $ ls
 >   a  b  c  d  e  f  g  h  i  j
 >   ~/tmp/v $ vi *
 > 
 > `:e e' followed by `:n' takes me to buffer `b' (since `a' has already
 > been visited), not `f'.
 > 
 > Successive `:n's cycle through b, c, d, f, g, h, i, j, a, e, b (as expected).
 > 

anyone testing this should probably mention their setting for
"autobuffer", which may change the order in which buffers are visited.

paul
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