> Shawn, what is it you're trying to do, exactly? The two parts of your
> question ("changing which file a buffer points to" and "get notified
> when a file is externally modified") are unrelated in vim.
>This is a vim-related list, but this does raise the question of whether vim is even the appropriate tool? It sounds like some some sort of monitoring effort. Vim is wonderful for a human creating or updating a text, then going away to do something else. Operations involving multiple files, intermittent or unpredictable events, and other situations fit other programs better. The programs in the *nix tool chest are all powerful and flexible. As a result, sufficiently dedicated perversity can bend almost all of them to do jobs wildly different from their designers' intentions. (Video games written in sed, for example:https://github.com/aureliojargas/sokoban.sed .) Just because it's possible doesn't make it advisable. -- -- 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.
