commit 21c1a0c2f10575dbb72fa873d33f0c1f6e170aa7
author Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Sun Oct 17 17:20:23 2021 +0100
committer Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Sun Oct 17 17:20:23 2021 +0100
tree ab2a99240a83610e85c5d2632553266406d983ef
parent 34a364877f0c726cdc0779e6999fded9ba959ebe

patch 8.2.3530: ":buf \{a}" fails while ":edit \{a}" works

Problem:    ":buf \{a}" fails while ":edit \{a}" works.
Solution:   Unescape "\{". (closes #8917)

src/cmdexpand.c

diff --git a/src/cmdexpand.c b/src/cmdexpand.c
index c36c21a..c98e126 100644
--- a/src/cmdexpand.c
+++ b/src/cmdexpand.c
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@
 {
     int		i;
     char_u	*p;
+    int		vse_what = xp->xp_context == EXPAND_BUFFERS
+						       ? VSE_BUFFER : VSE_NONE;
 
     // May change home directory back to "~"
     if (options & WILD_HOME_REPLACE)
@@ -84,9 +86,10 @@
 		    }
 		}
 #ifdef BACKSLASH_IN_FILENAME
-		p = vim_strsave_fnameescape(files[i], FALSE);
+		p = vim_strsave_fnameescape(files[i], vse_what);
 #else
-		p = vim_strsave_fnameescape(files[i], xp->xp_shell);
+		p = vim_strsave_fnameescape(files[i],
+					  xp->xp_shell ? VSE_SHELL : vse_what);
 #endif
 		if (p != NULL)
 		{