Wednesday, October 18, 2017

Re: Edit file without swap or backup files, in one command

On 18/10/2017 11:25, Lifepillar wrote:
> Is it possible to :edit a file forcing Vim not to create
> any swap files or backups? Something like:
>
> enew
> setl noswapfile nobackup
> read ++edit #
>
> but in one command? I have tried
>
> :edit ~/my/file +set\ noswapfile
>
> but it creates a new buffer called '~/my/file +set noswapfile'.

Aaah, +cmd goes before the path. I should have read the docs more
carefully. Somehow, I can never wrap my head around +cmd and ++opt!

Sorry for the noise,
Life.

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