First of all, not encoding nor fileencoding will work on modelines because the file was already loaded. See ':h encoding' and ':h fileencoding' for that.
In my opinion, there is no bad design. You disabled write backups. That is the way Vim keeps your original file safe. Sorry for your lost. Em 13/05/2012 05:10, "Toddintr" <[email protected]> escreveu: > For the first time ever since I started using Vim, I lost a file. I had a > modeline that specified an "encoding" setting for a Python script. Vim > complained when opening the file. I googled for a solution, decided to try > fileencoding instead of encoding. When saving the file, I saw some > error/warning messages, but went ahead with a ZZ or w! (don't quiet > remember). Result: File length of zero. (Had backups disabled.) > > My point: I *LOVE* Vim. However, this sort of design decision is > unacceptable. It seems to be a design decision because it was not a bug or > a crash. > > My two-cents' worth. > > Todd > > -- > 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 > -- 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
