在 Vim 中，在命令行模式下按 Tab 键完成单词切换到搜索模式

Question

When loading a file, lets call it foobar.txt , like so:

:b foo<tab>

Where <tab> is me pressing the tab key, sometimes I am redirected from the command line ( : ) to the search prompt ( / ) but other times it works fine. I am having trouble recreating the exact situation, but I know that I have had this same problem with at least these three commands:

1. :badd
2. :b
3. :vsplit

Can anyone tell me why this would ever happen?

Answer 1

I'm guessing this is something related to your termcap (does tab do anything weird when you're in normal/insert mode?), but if it's specifically related to interacting with the filesystem it could be something else. Have you tried a different termcap and/or using the gui version instead of the console version to see if the issue is reproducible?