-----Original Message----- From: Yakov Lerner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 1:53 PM To: Normandie Azucena Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: determining if buffer is modified.. etc
On 4/30/07, Normandie Azucena <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi all! > > I need to know if a certain buffer is modified. how can I do this? if &modified | echo "buffer is modified" | endif > also can I disable the prompt that says that buffer or file has changed > and gives me an option to load the new file or not? because I want vim > to automatically load changed files at certain times(i.e. when I invoke > a certain function that automatically change the contents of the files) Add exclamation mark to the command Yakov hi yakov! tnx for the info. however about my 2nd question, what I wanted to know is this scenario I have a file lets say myfile. its currently open to a buffer. but then I input this file to a perl script then save the results what vim will do is prompt me that my file changed and make me choose to load it or not (because it is open in a buffer). This scenario is what I don't want to happen because obviously it was really my intention to change the file in the first place. can I disable this prompt somehow? tnx! normandie
