On Thu, 2015-02-12 at 12:13 -0800, Graham Lawrence wrote:
> To my sorrow, I updated my arch linux system, a distro that cruelly
> and relentlessly reminds one of the reason for the old adage, "If it
> ain't broke, don't fix it!"
> 
> So now vim is a little peculiar, announcing every file with E303,
> could not open a swap file for this file. The help points to a defunct
> web page for further information, and declares this is a problem with
> one's X configuration. 
> 
> I think this unlikely as vim behaves so whether or not X is running,
> and it is not that I am out of disk space either. Can anyone advise me
> of other possibilities? 
> 
> -- 
> Graham Lawrence
> -- 
                                                        *E303* 
  Unable to open swap file for "{filename}", recovery impossible

Vim was not able to create a swap file.  You can still edit the file, but if
Vim unexpectedly exits the changes will be lost.  And Vim may consume a lot of
memory when editing a big file.  You may want to change the 'directory' option
to avoid this error.  See |swap-file|.

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