I never read the warning. Much like no one reads the manual. I never thought I would *ever* encounter anything with Vim that would lead to losing a file.
> ... complain that you lost data? Interesting. Please spare me the attitude. I am not complaining, but trying to provide feedback to help improve the product. When you lose a file someday, you just might understand such detached, indifferent approaches to usability mean little to the end-user. On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 3:09 PM, shawn wilson <[email protected]> wrote: > > On May 13, 2012 7:53 AM, "Toddintr" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > WARNING: Original file may be lost or damaged > > don't quit the editor until the file is successfully written! (In orange) > > Press ENTER or type command to continue (in green) > > > > What I meant by bad design decision: When the conversion fails, why not > simply restore the previous buffer? The unacceptable behaviour is that > even if I do a "q!", I still lose the file. > > > > So you get a warning about loosing data if you quit, quit anyway, and > complain that you lost data? Interesting. > > -- > 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
