On Sunday, August 11, 2013 12:52:16 PM UTC-5, [email protected] wrote: > Comment #7 on issue 28 by [email protected]: out of the box, gVim > > 7.3.46 for Win32 cannot write swap files on Windows 7 > > http://code.google.com/p/vim/issues/detail?id=28 > > > > I do not see the problem "out of the box". > > Starting gVim from the desktop results in a swap > > file "c:\Users\bram\Desktop\_.swp". > > How did you start gVim then? > > How did you manage to start in a directory that is not writable? >
When I launch a newly installed Vim with no files, it always launches in C:\Program Files (x86)\vim or something like that, which is not writable unless you run Vim elevated with admin privileges. Since the directory is not writable, it falls back to C:\Temp or C:\TMP which does not exist. Vim should use $TEMP and $TMP instead. These go somewhere under C:\Users\yourusername on Windows 7. -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
