David M. Besonen wrote:
> win xp home sp3
> gvim 7.2
>
> issue: vim recovery will not work unless orphaned vim swap
> file extension begins with "sw"
>
>
> scenario:
>
> os crashes while gvim has a number of unnamed editing
> sessions opened
>
> after rebooting the os, i locate the orphaned vim swap file
>
> the file is named _.svz (windoze crashes a lot)
>
> when i attempt "vim -r _.svz" this message is returned:
> "E305: No swap file found for _.svz"
>
> i then change the filename to _.swz
> and issue the "vim -r _.swz" command
> and the file is recovered
>
> can anyone confirm this same behavior? and whether this is a
> bug or a feature?
It used to be a feature, but I can understand it can be annoying.
Let's extend the range of files recognized as a swap file to:
.s[uvw][a-z]
*** ../vim-7.2.267/src/memline.c 2009-04-22 15:56:27.000000000 +0200
--- src/memline.c 2009-10-29 20:55:08.000000000 +0100
***************
*** 864,884 ****
recoverymode = TRUE;
called_from_main = (curbuf->b_ml.ml_mfp == NULL);
attr = hl_attr(HLF_E);
! /*
! * If the file name ends in ".sw?" we use it directly.
! * Otherwise a search is done to find the swap file(s).
! */
fname = curbuf->b_fname;
if (fname == NULL) /* When there is no file name */
fname = (char_u *)"";
len = (int)STRLEN(fname);
if (len >= 4 &&
#if defined(VMS) || defined(RISCOS)
! STRNICMP(fname + len - 4, "_sw" , 3)
#else
! STRNICMP(fname + len - 4, ".sw" , 3)
#endif
! == 0)
{
directly = TRUE;
fname = vim_strsave(fname); /* make a copy for mf_open() */
--- 864,887 ----
recoverymode = TRUE;
called_from_main = (curbuf->b_ml.ml_mfp == NULL);
attr = hl_attr(HLF_E);
!
! /*
! * If the file name ends in ".s[uvw][a-z]" we assume this is the swap
file.
! * Otherwise a search is done to find the swap file(s).
! */
fname = curbuf->b_fname;
if (fname == NULL) /* When there is no file name */
fname = (char_u *)"";
len = (int)STRLEN(fname);
if (len >= 4 &&
#if defined(VMS) || defined(RISCOS)
! STRNICMP(fname + len - 4, "_s" , 2)
#else
! STRNICMP(fname + len - 4, ".s" , 2)
#endif
! == 0
! && vim_strchr((char_u *)"UVWuvw", fname[len - 2]) != NULL
! && ASCII_ISALPHA(fname[len - 1]))
{
directly = TRUE;
fname = vim_strsave(fname); /* make a copy for mf_open() */
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