On May 10, 2013, at 7:41 PM, Ben Fritz wrote: > On Friday, May 10, 2013 5:42:59 AM UTC-5, Eric Weir wrote: >> Getting "swap file exists" warning. There are no swap files anywhere in my >> user directory. Then I notice the text of the warning: >> >> Swap file "/var/tmp/writing.taskpaper.swp" already exists! > > What is your 'directory' option set to? Is writing.taskpaper.swp related to a > file you're editing, or a plugin?
I don't know how to set a 'directory' option. Not in macvim preferences. To the best of my knowledge it's never been set on my system. writing.taskpaper.swp is associated with a file created by the taskpaper plugin. Taskpaper files have the extent 'taskpaper'. > Either you're editing a file in Vim that you already have open in another > Vim, you had a Vim instance crash while editing that file before (but > probably not, because you *said* you deleted the swap file), or you have a > plugin creating swap files when it probably should not be. > > Try disabling plugins by launching Vim with the --noplugin option. If the > problem goes away it might be a plugin. The name of the swapfile might give a > hint as to which one. As reported in my initial response, I found the there were two other instances of vim running along with macvim. Since deleting the swap files at the weird location [/var/tmp/] and shutting down the two other instances of vim I no longer get "swap exists." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA [email protected] "The most important thing is the tee-shirt." - Samara Alnafdage -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
