Re: wording ambiguity in help for 'Z' option in cpoptions.

On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 3:13 PM, Linda W <vim@tlinx.org> wrote:

> In the help on cpoptions, I find this line confusing:
>
>   Z    When using "w!" while the 'readonly' option is set,
>     don't reset 'readonly'.
>
> --- What does 'reset' mean?
>
> If you wrote to the file, that implicitly means you had to unset the
> file's readonly value, so I can read the above to mean "Don't" reset
> the readonly-flag to it's original value,
>
> OR it could be read, don't reset vim's 'readonly' flag to (not
> readonly) even though w! overrides read-only status, and it had to be
> "reset" in order to write to it.
>
> So the above could, from my interpretations, be read either way...
>
> Maybe "don't restore readonly status after a write"? or don't unset
> readonly status after a write?
>
> (Which is it?)
>
> thanks
>
> Linda

Linda,

Anything in apostrophes or single quotes is an option; so, Z means to
not set the 'readonly' option. If the option does get reset (to
'noreadonly'), then you can save the file through regular means from
then on (:w). If it doesn't, then Vim effectively treats the write as a
one-off and keeps the file as readonly, forcing you to use the :w!
mechanism to write the file the next time, also.

Regards,

Salman

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