Cannot open files with square brackets in the name

[mathstuf]

$subject.

[mathstuf]

Actually, it seems that other things break too with them (e.g., 'x' to close the parent). Seems related to the fact that Vim is escaping [ on tab completion of the file.

[briandonahue]

Seeing the same thing. Could this be new/recent behavior? I swear this used to work in an older version

[mathstuf]

Could be a Vim bug as well.

[briandonahue]

Not sure how I would test that, but vim opens the files fine via e, tabe, and drag/drop...

[briandonahue]

Possibly related to #420 ?

[mathstuf]

Possibly. ISTR it being escaped brackets as well. Ill have to check my install logs to see if Vim got bumped around this time. Did you update Vim lately?

[briandonahue]

I don't know what ISTR is... but yes, this may be a newer version of Vim than I had before, though I'm not sure offhand. It is a new machine, and I switched to vundle and updated my plugins. It says it's
7.4, MS-Windows 32-bit GUI version with OLE Support

[mathstuf]

ISTR

"I seem to remember"

7.4

There should be a patch level with this (e.g., 7.4.475).

[briandonahue]

VIM - Vi IMproved 7.4 (2013 Aug 10, compiled Nov  3 2014 09:04:09)
MS-Windows 32-bit GUI version with OLE support
Included patches: 1-493
Compiled by [email protected]:http://SteveHallArchitecture.com

[justfalter]

I'm seeing this on 8.0, as well.

VIM - Vi IMproved 8.0 (2016 Sep 12, compiled Sep 14 2016 03:42:03)
MacOS X (unix) version
Included patches: 1-3
Compiled by [email protected]

[justfalter]

From my testing, the problem seems to occur when a file or directory name contains a [, any number of characters, and ].

The following filenames are problematic for me:

test[foo].txt
test[[foo].txt
test[].txt

The following filenames open just fine:

test[foo.txt
testfoo].txt
test]foo[.txt

[przepompownia]

Confirmed on [nerdtree].txt (NVIM 0.1.6-dev, Vim 8.0.22).

[ghost]

I'm using Slackware 14.2 at the moment with the default package of gvim and i'm having the same issue. This concern directory opening as well. In case you wonder if it's a vim bug, it doesn't happen with the default file explorer. and it only affect files and directories with matching brackets. i.e. : this[file]name.whatever wont open but this[filename.whatever will.

[mathstuf]

I think the filename is probably treated as a regex somewhere and not escaped properly. Other regex-special characters probably also cause issues in nerdtree.

[lifecrisis]

Directly related to #680. This is a confirmed bug.

[MrMino]

+1, I suspect that this issue originetates from the fact that those names aren't escaped at some point, and they are interpreted as bash wildcards.

[lifecrisis]

@MrMino, the problem was identified in #680.

[PhilRunninger]

@mathstuf @briandonahue @justfalter @przepompownia @Nausx @MrMino , would you be willing to test the pull request #868 I've put together for this issue? Details are in the PR. Thanks.

[przepompownia]

With #868 I can open [x].y and some other strangely named files. I hope it will pass other tests without regressions.

[briandonahue]

I am on holiday until 8/27, but will be happy to check it out after that if it still needs testing.

[PhilRunninger]

Fixed in #868.