Thanks. It works. I used a modification of what you suggested. Since I want vim to make backup files when, say, writing code, I've set my .muttrc editor line to:
set editor ="vim +/^$ +'set nobackup'" The +/^$ opens the file at the first blank line. The tricky bit for me is that the set command needed the quotes around it to work. Otherwise it thought "nobackup" was a file name. man vim said double quotes, but the above seems to work fine. John On 12/16/01, 02:14:10PM -0800, Will Yardley wrote: > John P. Verel wrote: > > > > I'm running Mutt 1.2.5i, using vim5.8 as editor. I want to have it so > > vim does not leave temporary files when exiting. > > remove 'set backup' from your .vimrc, and replace it with: > set nobackup > > you want it to keep swap files (presumbably) - i forget what the option > is for that, although it should be listed in your global vimrc and in > the vimrc man page.... keeping swap files in the event of a crash is a > different option than keeping a backup file for everything you edit. > > -- > Experience -- a great teacher, but the tutition fees... -- John P. Verel Living Proof That Low Tech Beats High Tech!
