On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 1:46 PM, sachin puri <[email protected]> wrote:
> I wish to know why does vim create a new file in case 1. Wouldn't it be a > costly operation, especially in case of large files? Not really if the swap file only records the changes / operations to the original in the swap. A la' journal if you will. > In short, which method > is more efficient to implement for any file editor? Depends on the files you are trying to edit. However here's a strategy you can consider - 1. Start a journal for an edit session 2. Flush the journal every couple of seconds ( autosave ? ) Where this would fail is if the crash happens while flushing the journal. Then you would require a meta-journal .... :P May the editor-makers on the list enlighten us on more strategies please ! regards, C -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
