Vim's :open does not tab complete, what does?

Question

Instead of tab completed file or directory names, I see ^I

:open ./lib/^I^I^I

Is there another command that would offer tab completion, or perhaps another solution?

I'm considering replacing the following mapping with something that would use buffers, but want to keep tab completion.

map <C-O> :tabnew ./

Answer 1

That might be because :open is not the command you're looking for. Try :edit or :e for short. Also try :help :open and :help :e to see, what the commands do. :e has tab completion.

Answer 2

Use :enew if you want to create a new empty buffer.

Use :edit filename if you want to edit a specific file in place of the current one.

Use :new if you want to create a new empty buffer in a new horizontal split window.

Use :split filename if you want to edit a specific file in a new horizontal split window.

Use :vnew if you want to create a new empty buffer in a new vertical split window.

Use :vsplit filename if you want to edit a specific file in a new vertical split window.

Use :tabnew if you want to create a new empty tab.

Use :tabedit filename if you want to edit a specific file in a new tab.

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Use :help :command if you are unsure about its usage.

Answer 3

:set wildcharm=<tab> for tab completion.