Gary Johnson wrote: > If I try to recover a file using the :recover command and there is > more than one swap file for that file, Vim presents a list of "Swap > files found" and asks me to "Enter number of swap file to use". > Vim then suggests that I "may want to delete the .swp file now." To > do that, I have to write down or remember which swap file I chose so > that I can delete the right one when I've verified the recovered > file's contents. > > Is there some way to have Vim tell me which swap file it used to > recover the current file?
I usually edit the file again and at the "existing swap file prompt" select "D" for delete. If there are multiple I suppose only the one you used is relevant and all others can be deleted as well? -- >From "know your smileys": :q vi user saying, "How do I get out of this damn emacs editor?" /// Bram Moolenaar -- [email protected] -- http://www.Moolenaar.net \\\ /// sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ \\\ \\\ an exciting new programming language -- http://www.Zimbu.org /// \\\ help me help AIDS victims -- http://ICCF-Holland.org /// -- -- 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.
