1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/vimrc b/vimrc
index 86ff057..f17d507 100644
--- a/vimrc
+++ b/vimrc
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ set ttyscroll=100   | " improves speed for terminal vim, incompatible with nvim
 set ttyfast         | " improves speed for terminal vim (incompatible with nvim)
 set restorescreen   | " restores the console after exiting vim (intentionally not in nvim)
 
+" because file names rarely have equal signs, but many different configuration
+" file formats use that, we want to exclude the sign from the pattern
+set isfname-==
+
 " autocmd VimLeave * call system("echo -n $'" . escape(getreg(), "'") . "' | xsel -ib")
 " autocmd VimLeave * call system("xsel -ib", getreg('+'))
 autocmd VimLeave * call system('echo ' . shellescape(getreg('+')) . ' | xclip -selection clipboard')