On Sunday, May 13, 2012 4:55:12 PM UTC+3, Erik Christiansen wrote: > Ah, but Vim is only _largely_ foolproof. It is not proof against > deliberate self harm. It might be worth reading enough to understand > that "q!" is "Forced Quit", and so you didn't "lose" a file, but > deliberately discarded it by choice. The "Forced Quit" is quite useful > when used, if not intelligently, then at least consciously. > > However, a lesson learnt the hard way is usually a lesson well learned.
Typical engineer mentality, lack of any experience with real-life scenarios. Furthermore, you are wrong. The q! should take me to the prior state of the file, which was an intact buffer before the conversion attempt. Prior to the q!, I did not do a 1,$d. You are a good example of this entire community - looking down on others with snide remarks. Good luck to you. (Thank God there is stackoverflow where such bulls**t is not tolerated.) -- 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
