On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 11:23:57AM EDT, Ben Fritz wrote: > Since the error only occurs if 'backup' and 'writebackup' are both > off, maybe we could only do the "dry run" conversion in this > situation? I.e., if either 'backup' or 'writebackup' are set, do what > Vim has always done; but if neither are set, do the extra check first. > We could even put a nice notice in :help 'writebackup' saying "if this > option is off, writing the file will take longer due to extra safety > checks" to discourage turning it off in the first place.
So you would penalize those of us who turned off this backup/writebackup bloat..? Or would you force us to reinstate it so as not to be penalized..? Aha... you turned off backup and writebackup.. you wicked little so-and-so.. You seriously thought you were going get away with it..? I made the decision to turn off this stuff years ago because when I'm bleary-eyed not wide-awake or fully in control getting back to what I was doing the night before, the very last thing I want to see when I fire up Vim is a confusing message about some .swp file and do I want to recover (r).. etc. The _only_ time I came close to losing _anything_ in Vim was when I almost gave the wrong answer. I don't believe in a text editor backing up the the data that it manipulates anyway. I prefer relying on important data being backed up by a program whose job it is to back up data. Not perfect I grant you, but it does have the merit of doing its stuff while I sleep and let me do my editing unmolested. Now suppose for a minute Christians's (or s/o else's..) patch causes another data loss issue down the road.. Or any other problem.? Is the next guy in line going to add another defensive patch on top of it..? and another.. and another..? Where does it stop..? No big deal anyway.. What does bother me is what on earth was in that precious file that the OP (obnoxious poster) lost..? AFAICT, World War III hasn't broken out yet but I'm holding my breath. CJ -- Focus follow mouse users will burn in hell!!! -- 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
