Sudhakar Chandra wrote: > > True it does not do autosave every X bogoseconds. I don't think such a > feature exists in vim. However, there are ways of mimicking an autosave. > > Enable backups in vim by editing your .vimrc (:help backup for more info). > Now, when you are editing a file, a backup of the last opened version is > automatically made. Also, while you are in the process of editing the file, > a .swp file exists storing the edits you made. If your computer were to > crash for some reason, you have the original file and the .swp file which > contains the unsaved edits you made. > > Thaths
Thaths, if I - myself has to do something like this , then no problems. Being a developer, I habitually save my work every 2/3 minutes - manually. This is a netowork of 11 m/cs - 9 Winxx , 2 Linux. All DTP work with operators of age 30 - 45. Owner being a known person I am just forcing him to try Linux Boxes. If the saving/auto-saving feature makes them takes awkward steps of using/renaming swap files & this and that, then they becomes reluctant to use Linux. Already I am facing the problem of sharing M$-word documents on Linux and vice-versa ! So now I am trying if cron can help me here or not. Else somebody please tell me how to re-define (F2) function key and/or Ctrl-S in vim, so these pepople can also habitually use these key to save the documents, manually. Atleast no learning curve for M$ people. Thanks ! ~ Pat ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
