On Sat, Aug 04, 2012 at 04:50:20PM -0400, shawn wilson wrote: > so, i go to open a file: > :o t2.pl > E37: No write since last change (add ! to override) > > ok, fine: > :o! t2.pl > E477: No ! allowed > > so, what is the issue and shouldn't the error be better / more descriptive?
Yepp, there is an inconsitency between ":open! file" and ":visual! file"/":edit! file" (The latter two silently drop your old changes). In Joy's good old vi :open stood for something completely different, namely switch to a mode suited for really dumb terminals. Vi clones don't have this open mode, so :open was aliased to :visual in Vim. But to implement the ! flag was forgotten, as nearly everyone would use :edit to load another file, I guess. flori -- 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
