On 2014-03-05, Nikolay Pavlov wrote: > > On Mar 5, 2014 12:49 AM, "Jean-François Bignolles" wrote:
> > Le mardi 4 mars 2014 15:48:49 UTC+1, ZyX a écrit : > > > Swap files to XDG_RUNTIME_DIR and do so by default. > > > > According to the spec (v0.7): > > "The lifetime of the directory MUST be bound to the user being logged in" > > "It MUST be created when the user first logs in and if the user fully logs > > out the directory MUST be removed." > > "Files in the directory MUST not survive reboot or a full logout/login > > cycle." > > > > So, what if the user was editing files with Vim when he got brutally > > disconnected (for whatever reason)? I agree on runtime status of swap > > files, but they're in a safer place with XDG_CACHE_HOME > > (which is user-managed). > > If he is disconnected he should have used screen/tmux/dtach. What is wanted to > be kept is usually not only what is saved in swap file. Though there are also > cases of e.g. power fail which are not handled by screen. > > But AFAIR you still have current directory as the first one. I think it should > be the second, after $XDG_whatever. Definitely not. Swap files should be put in some directory that is likely to survive a system crash. If some user wishes to shoot himself in the foot by putting swap files in a volatile directory such as XDG_RUNTIME_DIR, fine, but Vim should not help him do it. I don't put swap files in the current directory, either, but at least that is a relatively safe default. Regards, Gary -- -- 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.
