Re: Swap file already exists

On 08:19 Tue 10 Apr , Ben Fritz wrote:
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> On Monday, April 9, 2012 10:44:36 AM UTC-5, Eric Weir wrote:
> >
> > The last couple days I have been getting a "swap file already exists"
> > message when I attempt to open a file. When that happens, as you are
> > aware, the user is given several options, which to me are extremely
> > confusing. A factor I feel certain is involved is that on a couple
> > occasions either vim or a vim window was closed in other than normal
> > fashion. [E.g., on one occasion, while I was running the computer on
> > battery power, the battery ran down while I was away from my desk.
> > Normally, when that happens the computer goes into suspend mode and when I
> > attach the power cord the computer starts back up in the state it was in
> > when it went into suspend mode. This time, however, it shut down. After
> > restarting the computer I got the "swap file already exists" message when
> > I restarted vim and attempted to load a file.]
> >
> >
> > When I get the message I am never certain what to do. Usually I know that
> > the file had been saved after the last edit. Even in that case i'm not
> > sure what to do to open the most recently saved copy of the file. When I'm
> > uncertain, I don't know which option will give me the most recent copy of
> > the file. Or if I make the wrong choice, how I might recover---if that is
> > possible at all.
> >
> >
> > I imagine experienced programmer-users of vim would not have this problem.
> > I am neither. I am a non-programming relative novice vim user. Help
> > regarding my options and best choices in this situation would be greatly
> > appreciated.
> >
> >
>
> If you look closely at the "swap file exists" message, you should see a line
> that says "modified: no" or "modified: yes". This line tells you at a glance
> when the swap file corresponds to a file which has no changes since the last
> save. If you see "modified: no" and you are not editing the file in another
> Vim, then you can always safely choose to delete the swap file (choice: d).
>
> If you see "modified: yes" and you are not editing the file in another Vim,
> then the safest option is always to recover (choice: r) and then diff the
> file with the contents on-disk to see what has changed.
>
> If you don't see the "modified" line or you are editing the file in another
> Vim, you'll need to think a little harder about things. Obviously if you're
> already editing the file in another Vim, the safest option is either to open
> the file read-only or quit. If not, did you already recover the file? If so,
> you should be able to delete the swap file. I always quit Vim after I
> recover, then re-load to edit the file again and delete the old swap file.
>
> See :help E235, which is the error code shown at the top of the "swap
You mean :help E325 :)

Best,
Marcin
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