On Fri, Jan 15, 2016 at 2:13 PM, Charles E Campbell <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >> When I tried to detach fileB.txt from the gvim window started by >> gvim -p fileA.txt fileB.txt >> >> there is a warning window saying >> Swap file ".fileB.txt.swp" already exists! >> the buttons below asks the user to choose one of "Open Read-Only", >> "Edit anyway", "Recover", "Quit", "Abort" >> >> Can you fix this? >> > Just tried this: > > gvim -u NONE -N -p fileA.txt fileB.txt > :so [path]/Detach.vim > :Detach > > and it worked correctly without any messages. The message you got > appears when you hold the file open in another instance of gvim and, > really, you don't want not to have it. Its telling you that changes > made to the file in one instance of gvim won't necessarily be reflected > in the other instance. Remember, the :Detach command starts up a new > instance of gvim; its not a separate thread sharing the same memory. > Vim does not support that. >
That is weird! It pops up the swap file exists error window even with "gvim -u NONE -N -p fileA.txt fileB.txt". I am using vim 7.4.576 on Debian Jessie. raju -- -- 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/d/optout.
