Odd, I got this here, but not from the vimlist... >Couldn't the 'patch' command do this? E.g., Vim#1 has made some changes to >example.c (but not saved them), and Vim#2 makes some different changes and ... >Shouldn't this be possible through the autocommands? I think you could write >this as a plugin, Yakov.
Imagine it'd be possible with some script to throw together a 'vimdiff' of sorts and implement what you want, but me personally, I'd rather not ever use that. Would best be a plugin as you suggest, than as a built-in "feature". I have to reiterate that to me, such a thing just sounds too dangerous to accidentally trash a file. Much better to detect the .swp file and keep things the way they are (eg, menu choice to ignore, reload, edit-anyway, etc.). Just my 2c.
