Saturday, May 9, 2020

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

On Sa, 09 Mai 2020, Bram Moolenaar wrote:

>
> 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.

No need for an issue. I have a look tomorrow.

Best,
Christian
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