Re: E303 Unable to load swap file

On Thu, 2015-02-12 at 12:13 -0800, Graham Lawrence wrote:
> To my sorrow, I updated my arch linux system, a distro that cruelly
> and relentlessly reminds one of the reason for the old adage, "If it
> ain't broke, don't fix it!"
>
> So now vim is a little peculiar, announcing every file with E303,
> could not open a swap file for this file. The help points to a defunct
> web page for further information, and declares this is a problem with
> one's X configuration.
>
> I think this unlikely as vim behaves so whether or not X is running,
> and it is not that I am out of disk space either. Can anyone advise me
> of other possibilities?
>
> --
> Graham Lawrence
> --
*E303*
Unable to open swap file for "{filename}", recovery impossible

Vim was not able to create a swap file. You can still edit the file, but if
Vim unexpectedly exits the changes will be lost. And Vim may consume a lot of
memory when editing a big file. You may want to change the 'directory' option
to avoid this error. See |swap-file|.

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