On Tue, August 2, 2011 3:27 pm, George Dinwiddie wrote: > On 8/2/11 1:44 AM, Christian Brabandt wrote: >> I have been thinking lately if it would be a good idea, if Vim would >> only create a swap file, when it detects, that a change to the buffer >> has been made. But not just when viewing a file. >> >> That is usually what happens a lot to me. I have 1 file open and in >> another Vim instance I open the same file again only for viewing, so I >> would like to avoid the "Attention" prompt. >> >> On the other hand I can see, that it is certainly useful, if you start >> editing a file and immediately Vim warns you, that another Vim instance >> is already editing that file. Hm, may be a new option swaponchange or >> something? > > I'd just like to note that if you open the file in read-only mode (e.g., > with 'view <filename>'), then no swap file is created.
Yeah, if just my fingers would remember ;) regards, Christian -- 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
