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When loading a file, lets call it foobar.txt, like so:
:b foo<tab>
Where <tab> is me pressing the tab key, sometimes I am redirected from the command line (:) to the search prompt (/) but other times it works fine. I am having trouble recreating the exact situation, but I know that I have had this same problem with at least these three commands:
:badd:b:vsplitCan anyone tell me why this would ever happen?
I’m guessing this is something related to your termcap (does tab do anything weird when you’re in normal/insert mode?), but if it’s specifically related to interacting with the filesystem it could be something else. Have you tried a different termcap and/or using the gui version instead of the console version to see if the issue is reproducible?