Re: Vim backup files

On 10/18/21 01:29, Shlomi Fish wrote:
> Hi Steve!
>

how did you get past my spam filters


> On Sun, 17 Oct 2021 18:18:46 -0400
> Steve Litt <slitt@troubleshooters.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I've used Vim since the 20th century, and of course things keep getting
>> better, which means change. As I remember, back in the day, the Vim
>> backup files that began with a dot and ended with .swp were text files
>> containing what was in the window, and were automatically updated every
>> X number of seconds. This appears to no longer be the case.
>> .test.pl.swp appeared to be a binary file, so I couldn't just diff it
>> with the original.
>>
>> In the past, after a crash, when I ran Vim on the file again, it gave
>> me a dialog box in which to choose to recover, ignore, quit, whatever.
>> This didn't happen in today's crash.
>>
>> I tried using :rec in the main file, it said there was no recovery
>> file, and maybe changed the recovery file to .test.pl.swp.swp. I tried
>> a few other things, but I was always just one step behind and
>> eventually lost the swap files completely. Only one of them was
>> important, and I have a paper copy, so I should be OK.
>>
>> After a crash, I'd like a way to know whether a swap file exists, and
>> whether it indicates any differences from what's in my buffer. Is there
>> a program that can do this for me, now that the dialog box doesn't
>> happen anymore?
>>
>
> I tried it now:
>
> ```
> [shlomif@telaviv1 ~]$ -t dotfiles
> shlomif[dotfiles]:$trunk$ git i
> ⇒ On branch master
> ⇒ Your branch is up to date with 'origin/master'.
> ⇒ Remotes:
> origin git@github.com:shlomif/shlomif-computer-settings.git (fetch)
> origin git@github.com:shlomif/shlomif-computer-settings.git (push)
> shlomif[dotfiles]:$trunk$ ls
> LICENSE README.asciidoc README.asciidoc~ shlomif-settings
> shlomif[dotfiles]:$trunk$ gvim README.asciidoc
> shlomif[dotfiles]:$trunk$ pkill gvim
> Vim: Caught deadly signal TERM
> Vim: preserving files...
> shlomif[dotfiles]:$trunk$ Vim: Finished.
>
> shlomif[dotfiles]:$trunk$ git i
> ⇒ On branch master
> ⇒ Your branch is up to date with 'origin/master'.
> ⇒ Remotes:
> origin git@github.com:shlomif/shlomif-computer-settings.git (fetch)
> origin git@github.com:shlomif/shlomif-computer-settings.git (push)
> shlomif[dotfiles]:$trunk$ la
> total 68K
> drwxr-xr-x 8 shlomif shlomif 4.0K Oct 18 08:15 .git
> -rw-r--r-- 1 shlomif shlomif 4.8K Apr 21 08:23 .gitignore
> -rw-r--r-- 1 shlomif shlomif 4.7K Jul 27 2020 .gitignore~
> -rw-r--r-- 1 shlomif shlomif 2.3K Oct 6 2018 .hgignore
> -rw-r--r-- 1 shlomif shlomif 9 Oct 6 2018 LICENSE
> -rw-r--r-- 1 shlomif shlomif 17 Oct 6 2018 .perltidyrc
> -rw-r--r-- 1 shlomif shlomif 866 Jul 21 19:28 README.asciidoc
> -rw-r--r-- 1 shlomif shlomif 866 Jul 21 19:27 README.asciidoc~
> -rw-r--r-- 1 shlomif shlomif 12K Oct 18 08:14 .README.asciidoc.swp
> drwxr-xr-x 41 shlomif shlomif 4.0K Oct 2 2020 shlomif-settings
> drwxr-xr-x 4 shlomif shlomif 4.0K Sep 8 2020 .tidyall.d
> -rw-r--r-- 1 shlomif shlomif 523 Sep 29 2020 .tidyallrc
> -rw-r--r-- 1 shlomif shlomif 2.2K Jul 17 2020 .travis.yml
> shlomif[dotfiles]:$trunk$
>
> ```
>
> After I edited README.asciidoc again, I got this dialog:
> https://www.shlomifish.org/Files/files/images/gvim-recover-Screenshot_2021-10-18_08-16-50.png
> . Pressing "Recover" restored my unsaved changes.
>
> So "works for me" with my vim config (
> https://github.com/shlomif/shlomif-computer-settings/tree/master/shlomif-settings/vim-conf
> ).
>
>
>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> SteveT
>>
>> Steve Litt
>> Spring 2021 featured book: Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful
>> Technologist http://www.troubleshooters.com/techniques
>>
>
>
>


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