Gary Johnson wrote: > On 2017-12-09, Bram Moolenaar wrote: > > 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? > > I my case, I often open a couple of vim or gvim instances and use > them for taking notes, without saving any of the buffers to files. > When I'm done with each of them, I just quit Vim and I don't have to > clean up any files. However, every now and then, the machine I'm > using goes down or is taken down without warning, and I need to > recover the buffers I had open. So I start vim or gvim, execute > :recover and am presented with a list of swap files found with names > like > > %home%gary.swn > %home%gary.swo > %home%gary.swp > > I open each one and see if I need to keep the contents. Then, > whether or not I want to keep one, I have to delete its swap file. > But which one? Yes, I could just pay close attention and remember > which swap file I opened in which window, and remember the swap > directory used on that particular machine, but it would be so nice > to be able to write a command like :DeleteSwap and have it just know > the swap directory (that I can do) and the swap file name and just > do it without me having to think.
Perhaps we can put the name in b:recovered_swapfile, then you can define a command to use that. -- >From "know your smileys": (X0||) Double hamburger with lettuce and tomato /// Bram Moolenaar -- b...@moolenaar.net -- 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 vim_use+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.