> I just want to comment that I find the 'swap file already exists'
> thingy to be very un-userfriendly. I think it would be immensely more
> useful if it first showed a text-only diff of the file and swap file,
> and then only gave the choices.
I don't think diffing the two automatically by default would be a
good idea. It can take a long time to diff large files.
> 2. Once I choose to open the file, why is there no built-in way to
> compare them, and to delete the swap file?
Diffing the two is pretty easy. Just use whatever method you
usually use for comparing your editing buffer with the on-disk
version, e.g.:
1. :DiffOrig
2. :w !diff "%" -
Regards,
Gary
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