Thanks. Tony is the greatest again, as usual. On my .vimrc file inherited from the previous distro has the line:
set backupdir=$HOME/vimbackups But I didn't create the vimbackups dir on my root directory. Vim doesn't make it automatically, either. I have made it. Now, everything works fine. The big irritating splinter's gone. Small issue can give prolonging big pain ... Tony Mechelynck wrote: > On 08/03/09 05:33, Hiroshi Iwatani wrote: >> >> Tony Mechelynck wrote: >>> On 08/03/09 04:58, Hiroshi Iwatani wrote: >>>> On the new Linux Fedora 10 distribution, gvim always emits >>>> >>>> E510 Can't create backup file ..... (in Japanese) >>>> >>>> whenever I try to save the edited result from the GUI menu. >>>> >>>> The command w! or wq! does work, though. >>>> >>>> What could be the cause of the E510 problem and the solution? >>>> >>>> Vim version is 7.2.60 .... from the distribution pkg >>>> >>>> Thanks in advance. >>>> >>> 1. Where is the file you are editing? Is it a remote file being edited >>> over ftp or something? >> They are ordinary local files in various directories. >> I used to be a<root> Linuxer, even in the new distro. >> Does that have something to do with ..... ? > > Well, usually the backup is created in the same directory as the > original -- but of course, for that to work, you need file-creation > permission in that directory. > > What is your 'backupdir' option set to? > > :verbose set backupdir? > > It is a comma-separated list. I recommend having it start with . or ./ > (both of which mean the directory of the editfile) and end with one or > more directories where you have all permissions with your current username. > >>> 2. Many bugfixes have been published since 7.2.60 has come and gone: the >>> current patchlevel is 7.2.132. Maybe it's time to roll a compile of your >>> own? See my HowTo page, >>> http://users.skynet.be/antoine.mechelynck/vim/compunix.htm >>> >>> See a one-line description of every patch so far at >>> http://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/patches/7.2/README >> I know Tony is the greatest on this ML at all times but like to see other >> wisdom, if any. >> >>> Best regards, >>> Tony. -- Hiroshi Iwatani: http://homepage1.nifty.com/algafield/ *stop cruelty* Annual number of institutionally euthanized cats and dogs including kittens and puppies: US 5 million, JP 500 thousand. How about your country? *for our better karma* --------------------- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
