Re: Encryption is not considered a change by the :x command

Ninu-Ciprian Marginean wrote:

> When we look at the quickref documentation we find:
>
> :xit :x[it][!] [file] like ":wq" but write only when changes have
> been made
>
> If we open an existing file and we do not do any changes except for
> changing the encryption key(with the ":X" command) and then use the ":x"
> command to exit, the changes to the encryption key will not be applied.
> Note that the ":X" is not mandatory to be used, the behavior is the same
> even if we use ":set key=value". By changing the encryption key I mean all
> 3 scenarios(1 - file is not encrypted to file is encrypted; 2 - file is
> encrypted to file is encrypted, but with a different key; 3 - file is
> encrypted to file is not encrypted), since a key with an empty value means
> the file is not encrypted.
>
> Note that ":wq" does change the encryption.
>
> Is this a bug? Is it intended? Anyways, I just wanted to leave this here
> for people to know the workaround. If it's a bug, I'm willing to report one
> on github.

This is similar to changing the 'fileformat' option. The buffer is
considered modified then. So yes, I think we can call this a bug.
I'll add it to the todo list. You can create an issue on github for
more visibility.

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