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Old 07-21-2005, 07:10 PM   #1
taureanyang
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Fail to creat new file in vim

I try to creat a new file by ":enew " command in vim,but failed .
eg,
:enew /home/terry/wind.c

vim gave me the error message : "Trailing characters" .
Why?
Last edited by taureanyang; 07-21-2005 at 07:12 PM.
 
Old 07-22-2005, 12:32 AM   #2
Jerre Cope
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try:

w /home/terry/wind.c

You miss understand what "e" does.

If you wind.c already exists and you wish to overwrite it anyway use:

w! /home/terry/wind.c
 
  


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