Hi James! On Fr, 16 Apr 2010, James Vega wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 11:28 AM, Marvin Renich <[email protected]> wrote: > > * Christian Brabandt <[email protected]> [100416 08:35]: > >> This has come up on the vim_use mailinglist. The problem seems to be > >> that after recovery of a swap buffer, the file should be modified so you > >> are not loosing your changes after e.g. accidently hitting ZZ > >> > > Shouldn't this set curbuf->b_changed based on the "modified" setting > > from the swap file, so that if you "recover" a file that was not > > modified, you don't set the modified flag? > > I'd think that any time you recover from a swap file, the buffer should > be considered "modified". The modified flag indicates that the buffer > is different than the on-disk file with the same name. Whether or not > the buffer was modified at the time that the swap file was last updated > has no bearing on whether the content recovered from the swap file > matches the current contents of the file that was being edited. That's > up to the user to diagnose and decide what steps to take. That would be my understanding as well. regards, Christian -- hundred-and-one symptoms of being an internet addict: 107. When using your phone you forget that you don't have to use your keyboard. -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php Subscription settings: http://groups.google.com/group/vim_dev/subscribe?hl=en
