Re: vi "W10: Warning: Changing a readonly file" on large read-write file

On Jan 1 04:52, Michael Bax wrote: > When attempting to edit a *writeable* file of "zero" lines but 53 MB in size > (no newlines), vi appears to hang. But it doesn't. It just needs a lot of time to process the file. After all vim is an editor. It searches the whole file for line-endings etc. T

vi "W10: Warning: Changing a readonly file" on large read-write file

When attempting to edit a *writeable* file of "zero" lines but 53 MB in size (no newlines), vi appears to hang. Ctrl-C is followed by the response W10: Warning: Changing a readonly file following which it appears that one is editing a new file. Quitting without writing succeeds.