On Apr 24, 9:41 am, ZyX <[email protected]> wrote: > > Don't forget that with an exclamation mark, if your current buffer (the > > one you leave to edit the alternate file) is modified, and not open in > > another window, all changes will be lost with no warning. > > You forgot to add `unless you have set one of 'hidden', 'autowrite', > 'autowriteall' options'. I do not know why one may want not to set `hidden' > option. >
I don't like having unsaved work which I cannot notice at a glance. If I have a modified buffer, it will be in a window somewhere (possibly on another tab page) with a [+] indicator in the statusline/tabline. Setting 'hidden' would be disastrous for me; I am very absent minded. I like it better to just set 'confirm' to allow me to tell Vim "yes, keep going, I know what I'm doing" and keep my unsaved work visible. -- You received this message from the "vim_use" 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
