Re: .swp files

On Thu, 5 Nov 2020 at 13:17, Tony Mechelynck
<antoine.mechelynck@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Yeah: Long before I knew about Vim, when doing translations on a PC-XT
> using an editor much simpler than Vim (but anyway far less simple than
> Notepad), I learnt to save my work ever quarter-hour and never to
> stand up without first saving.

I do much the same. For example, with my diary, every time I add a
new comment, I save the file, and I also usually run ":wviminfo" to
save any marks I've set.

> Now that I'm using Vim (with swapfiles enabled) I've kept the habit,
> so if an electrical mains cutout forces me to wait then reboot, the
> ATTENTION message will usually include the line "modified: no" which
> means I can safely answer d(elete) as many times as there are
> split-windows being reloaded. Vim never thrashes _my_ files.

I have the same experience. I almost never have to use the recovery option.

-Albert.

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