Re: vim (MacVim) locked up

On 2015-07-17 09:05, Eric Weir wrote:
> For the first time ever, vim has locked up on me. It seems my only
> option is to quit without saving.
>
> Is there anyway I can get to the unsaved buffers to save them
> outside vim?

You might have some ".swp" or "_.swp" files around, either in
your working-directory, your home-directory, or in your $TMP
directory. I don't remember exactly where they get stashed, but I
think the default is in the same directory you were working in (your
current working directory). The last letter decrements if you have
multiple buffers, so you'd want to look for "*.sw[a-p]" You can get
Vim to try and recover it with

vim -r .swp
vim -r .swo
vim -r .swn

writing each one where you want it, and then optionally deleting the
swap file once you've recovered what was available.

-tim



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