2 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/vis-cmds.c b/vis-cmds.c
index e58d20a..5b49913 100644
--- a/vis-cmds.c
+++ b/vis-cmds.c
@@ -251,7 +251,11 @@ static bool is_file_pattern(const char *pattern) {
 	struct stat meta;
 	if (stat(pattern, &meta) == 0 && S_ISDIR(meta.st_mode))
 		return true;
-	return strchr(pattern, '*') || strchr(pattern, '[') || strchr(pattern, '{');
+	for (char special[] = "*?[{$~", *s = special; *s; s++) {
+		if (strchr(pattern, *s))
+			return true;
+	}
+	return false;
 }
 
 static const char *file_open_dialog(Vis *vis, const char *pattern) {
diff --git a/vis-open b/vis-open
index d516ff1..39b8717 100755
--- a/vis-open
+++ b/vis-open
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ DIR=""
 [ ! -z "$PATTERN" -a "$PATTERN" != "." -a -d "$PATTERN" ] && DIR="$PATTERN"
 
 while true; do
-	SEL=$({ echo ..; ls -1 $PATTERN; } | $VIS_MENU $VIS_MENU_ARGS)
+	SEL=$({ echo ..; ls -1 $PATTERN 2>/dev/null || echo $PATTERN; } | $VIS_MENU $VIS_MENU_ARGS)
 	[ -z "$SEL" ] && exit 1
 	[ ! -z "$DIR" ] && SEL="$DIR/$SEL"
 	if [ -d "$SEL" ]; then