Alex Jakushev wrote:
> On 1/31/08, Bram Moolenaar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Try setting the 'backupcopy' option to "yes".
>
> This worked, but then it raises another question. Previous value
> of the 'backupcopy' option was auto, which means yes or no, which
> works best. Why didn't it choose yes, if no fails?
Vim doesn't detect the situation that you are editing an info stream
directly.
> Also, in my configuration, backup option is no. Theoretically, I should
> not bother with all this stuff at all? I use Vim7.1 last official release.
The 'writebackup' option matters too.
> > I thought Vim did copy the streams, but I suppose this doesn't work when
> > you edit one specific stream. If you want to look at it: function
> > copy_infostreams() in src/os_win32.c
>
> This may take a while for me to set up everything...
>
> But i have an idea that the problem is with file names.
> When you open some specific stream, vim considers the stream name as
> filename, and filename as subfolder. The stream name is separated from file
> name with a colon (c:\path\foo.txt:bar), and the same colon is used to
> separate drive letter. Maybe this causes some confusion?
Detecting the colon should be simple. When not using NTFS the file name
would be illegal. I'll add a todo item for this. But it would be nice
if someone can make a patch for it.
> Also, VIM converts dots in file name to underscores sometimes, when
> streams are specified.
I haven't seen this. Perhaps it's because the long file name is
converted to a 8.3 file name? Can you give a reproducable example?
> > NTFS streams are mostly restricted to MS-Windows applications, and
> > rarely used. I don't think it's a good idea to support them in Vim
> > directly.
>
> I understand it, but vim has specific windows functionality anyway.
> But of course it is easy for me to suggest this and that :)
I always put more effort in functionality that works everywhere. And to
keep programs portable rare features should be avoided, especially when
they don't add something essential for the end user. MS thinks
otherwise: They want programs to only run on MS-Windows. Portability
means they might lose customers. Some Linux developers also go in this
direction, they don't care about MS-Windows users. I care for everybody
:-).
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