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Subject: Patch 8.0.1189
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From: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@moolenaar.net>
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Patch 8.0.1189
Problem:    E172 is not actually useful, it's only on Unix anyway.
Solution:   Remove the check and the error.
Files:      src/ex_docmd.c, runtime/doc/message.txt


*** ../vim-8.0.1188/src/ex_docmd.c	2017-09-26 17:40:40.591681236 +0200
--- src/ex_docmd.c	2017-10-14 15:19:18.822307735 +0200
***************
*** 5085,5113 ****
  	{
  	    if (n == 2)
  	    {
- #ifdef UNIX
- 		/*
- 		 * Only for Unix we check for more than one file name.
- 		 * For other systems spaces are considered to be part
- 		 * of the file name.
- 		 * Only check here if there is no wildcard, otherwise
- 		 * ExpandOne() will check for errors. This allows
- 		 * ":e `ls ve*.c`" on Unix.
- 		 */
- 		if (!has_wildcards)
- 		    for (p = eap->arg; *p; ++p)
- 		    {
- 			/* skip escaped characters */
- 			if (p[1] && (*p == '\\' || *p == Ctrl_V))
- 			    ++p;
- 			else if (VIM_ISWHITE(*p))
- 			{
- 			    *errormsgp = (char_u *)_("E172: Only one file name allowed");
- 			    return FAIL;
- 			}
- 		    }
- #endif
- 
  		/*
  		 * Halve the number of backslashes (this is Vi compatible).
  		 * For Unix and OS/2, when wildcards are expanded, this is
--- 5085,5090 ----
*** ../vim-8.0.1188/runtime/doc/message.txt	2016-09-12 12:45:26.000000000 +0200
--- runtime/doc/message.txt	2017-10-14 15:20:42.997720626 +0200
***************
*** 462,473 ****
  Something inside Vim went wrong and resulted in a NULL pointer.  If you know
  how to reproduce this problem, please report it. |bugs|
  
- 							*E172*  >
-   Only one file name allowed
- 
- The ":edit" command only accepts one file name.  When you want to specify
- several files for editing use ":next" |:next|.
- 
  						*E41* *E82* *E83* *E342*  >
    Out of memory!
    Out of memory!  (allocating {number} bytes)
--- 463,468 ----
*** ../vim-8.0.1188/src/version.c	2017-10-13 22:33:28.124111493 +0200
--- src/version.c	2017-10-14 15:20:14.285920869 +0200
***************
*** 763,764 ****
--- 763,766 ----
  {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
+ /**/
+     1189,
  /**/

-- 
Yah, well, we had to carve our electrons out of driftwood we'd
find.  In the winter.  Uphill.  Both ways.

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