Hi Gary! On Mo, 01 Aug 2011, Gary Johnson wrote:
> don't put your swap files elsewhere). If you open foo again, Vim > will tell you that it has found a swap file, etc. Regardless of you > choice, Vim will use a new swap file for the current buffer, named > .foo.swo. That file will be deleted at the end of your Vim session > if you exit normally. The swap file from your previous Vim session, > .foo.swp, will remain. That's the one you have to delete manually. I have been thinking lately if it would be a good idea, if Vim would only create a swap file, when it detects, that a change to the buffer has been made. But not just when viewing a file. That is usually what happens a lot to me. I have 1 file open and in another Vim instance I open the same file again only for viewing, so I would like to avoid the "Attention" prompt. On the other hand I can see, that it is certainly useful, if you start editing a file and immediately Vim warns you, that another Vim instance is already editing that file. Hm, may be a new option swaponchange or something? regards, Christian -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
