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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Beginner help request
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Brian May |
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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Beginner help request |
Date: |
Wed, 14 Jan 2004 08:51:58 +1100 |
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Gnus/5.1002 (Gnus v5.10.2) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) |
>>>>> "Jason" == Jason McCarty <address@hidden> writes:
Jason> Brian May wrote:
>> IMHO, these .*.swp files need to be classified ass either junk
>> files or backup files. Otherwise you can't commit if a file is
>> opened in vim, because vim creates these temp files when it
>> opens the file, and deletes them when closing the file.
Jason> I believe the intention is to prevent accidentally
Jason> committing a file which has unsaved changes in
Jason> it. Personally, this is worth the inconvenience of having
Jason> to exit vim when I want to commit.
It depends on how you use vim.
I personally have any number of files open at any time (this enables
copying between files without using X cut & paste), and exiting
everything just so I can do a commit of one file is a real pain.
However, it looks like the issue is already fixed in
address@hidden/tla--devo--1.2--patch-55
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Brian May <address@hidden>
Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Beginner help request, Brian May, 2004/01/11