Re: Noswap and Nobackup when editing python on a specific device (mounted) on Linux
On Fr, 23 Nov 2018, Tony Mechelynck wrote: > On Thu, Nov 22, 2018 at 9:21 PM Gary Johnson wrote: > > > > On 2018-11-22, tu...@posteo.de wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > from time to time I have to edit a python file, which > > > is stored on the 2M flash memory on a microcontroller > > > board. > > > > > > To avoid unneccassary write cycles to the flash (flash wear out) > > > I want to disable backup and swapfile in such a case. > > > > > > And to ensure both are switched off even if I have forgotten > > > to do so, vim should do that automatically. > > > > > > I am working under Linux. > > > > > > The mountpoint for the flash (the microcontroller represents > > > itsself as "USBstick" with 2M memory space...) is > > > /home/user/flash and I am always editing python code. > [...] > > 'backup' and 'writebackup' are global options, so disabling them for > one file disables them for every file. If that's what you want, you > can set them off in your vimrc. However, ":set nobackup writebackup" > is supposed to leave nothing hanging around once the write has > succeeded. You could set the backupskip option and add the directory of your flash directory to skip creating backup files. > > For 'swapfile', which is buffer-local, it is easier. I suggest the > following (untested): > > autocmd BufNewFile,BufReadPre /home/user/flash/**/* setlocal noswapfile I would have suggested that one, but since it appears to not be working at all, I would simply set the 'directory' option and store all swapfiles in a common directory. Best, Christian -- Impotenz ist die beste Form der Empfängnisverhütung. -- Zarko Petan -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vim_use+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Noswap and Nobackup when editing python on a specific device (mounted) on Linux
On 2018-11-23, Tony Mechelynck wrote: > On Thu, Nov 22, 2018 at 9:21 PM Gary Johnson wrote: > > > > On 2018-11-22, tu...@posteo.de wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > from time to time I have to edit a python file, which > > > is stored on the 2M flash memory on a microcontroller > > > board. > > > > > > To avoid unneccassary write cycles to the flash (flash wear out) > > > I want to disable backup and swapfile in such a case. > > > > > > And to ensure both are switched off even if I have forgotten > > > to do so, vim should do that automatically. > > > > > > I am working under Linux. > > > > > > The mountpoint for the flash (the microcontroller represents > > > itsself as "USBstick" with 2M memory space...) is > > > /home/user/flash and I am always editing python code. > [...] > > 'backup' and 'writebackup' are global options, so disabling them for > one file disables them for every file. If that's what you want, you > can set them off in your vimrc. However, ":set nobackup writebackup" > is supposed to leave nothing hanging around once the write has > succeeded. > > For 'swapfile', which is buffer-local, it is easier. I suggest the > following (untested): > > autocmd BufNewFile,BufReadPre /home/user/flash/**/* setlocal noswapfile I tried part of that, au BufReadPre *.py setlocal noswapfile with the same results as "au FileType python", that is, I didn't see a swapfile in the directory, but the modification time of the directory changed, indicating that the swap file had been created, then deleted. Regards, Gary -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vim_use+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Noswap and Nobackup when editing python on a specific device (mounted) on Linux
On Thu, Nov 22, 2018 at 9:21 PM Gary Johnson wrote: > > On 2018-11-22, tu...@posteo.de wrote: > > Hi, > > > > from time to time I have to edit a python file, which > > is stored on the 2M flash memory on a microcontroller > > board. > > > > To avoid unneccassary write cycles to the flash (flash wear out) > > I want to disable backup and swapfile in such a case. > > > > And to ensure both are switched off even if I have forgotten > > to do so, vim should do that automatically. > > > > I am working under Linux. > > > > The mountpoint for the flash (the microcontroller represents > > itsself as "USBstick" with 2M memory space...) is > > /home/user/flash and I am always editing python code. [...] 'backup' and 'writebackup' are global options, so disabling them for one file disables them for every file. If that's what you want, you can set them off in your vimrc. However, ":set nobackup writebackup" is supposed to leave nothing hanging around once the write has succeeded. For 'swapfile', which is buffer-local, it is easier. I suggest the following (untested): autocmd BufNewFile,BufReadPre /home/user/flash/**/* setlocal noswapfile Best regards, Tony. -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vim_use+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Noswap and Nobackup when editing python on a specific device (mounted) on Linux
On 2018-11-22, tu...@posteo.de wrote: > Hi, > > from time to time I have to edit a python file, which > is stored on the 2M flash memory on a microcontroller > board. > > To avoid unneccassary write cycles to the flash (flash wear out) > I want to disable backup and swapfile in such a case. > > And to ensure both are switched off even if I have forgotten > to do so, vim should do that automatically. > > I am working under Linux. > > The mountpoint for the flash (the microcontroller represents > itsself as "USBstick" with 2M memory space...) is > /home/user/flash and I am always editing python code. > > I tried > autocmd FileType python setlocal nobackup > autocmd FileType python setlocal noswapfile > as a first test...but it fails (supposedly a layer eight failure...) > > How can I acchieve this trick? It appears that Vim creates the swap file before determining the file type. I tried your autocommand for setting noswapfile and no swap file appeared in the directory, so in that sense it worked for me, but I could see by the directory's modification time that it had been changed, so presumably the swap file was initially created then deleted when the autocommand triggered. The following seemed to work, though. set noswapfile au FileType * if != 'python' | setlocal swapfile | endif HTH, Gary -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vim_use+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Noswap and Nobackup when editing python on a specific device (mounted) on Linux
> 2018-11-22 19:16 GMT+01:00, tu...@posteo.de : >> To avoid unneccassary write cycles to the flash (flash wear out) >> I want to disable backup and swapfile in such a case. Is it technically impossible to copy the file to a work directory, edit it, and write back the edited result? That might even make it possible to maintain the source code with an RCS, if you make the directory permanent. -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vim_use+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Noswap and Nobackup when editing python on a specific device (mounted) on Linux
On 11/22 07:41, Kit wrote: > 2018-11-22 19:16 GMT+01:00, tu...@posteo.de : > > To avoid unneccassary write cycles to the flash (flash wear out) > > I want to disable backup and swapfile in such a case. > > How can I acchieve this trick? > > > > Meino > > https://medium.com/@Aenon/vim-swap-backup-undo-git-2bf353caa02f > > $ mkdir ~/tmp > > ~/.vimrc: > set backupdir=~/tmp// > set directory=~/tmp// > set undodir=~/tmp// > -- > Kit > > -- > -- > You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. > Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. > For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "vim_use" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to vim_use+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > That does something completly different. I want to disable the creation of backup and swapfiles. See my initial post. Cheers! Meino -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vim_use+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Noswap and Nobackup when editing python on a specific device (mounted) on Linux
2018-11-22 19:16 GMT+01:00, tu...@posteo.de : > To avoid unneccassary write cycles to the flash (flash wear out) > I want to disable backup and swapfile in such a case. > How can I acchieve this trick? > > Meino https://medium.com/@Aenon/vim-swap-backup-undo-git-2bf353caa02f $ mkdir ~/tmp ~/.vimrc: set backupdir=~/tmp// set directory=~/tmp// set undodir=~/tmp// -- Kit -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vim_use+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Noswap and Nobackup when editing python on a specific device (mounted) on Linux
Hi, from time to time I have to edit a python file, which is stored on the 2M flash memory on a microcontroller board. To avoid unneccassary write cycles to the flash (flash wear out) I want to disable backup and swapfile in such a case. And to ensure both are switched off even if I have forgotten to do so, vim should do that automatically. I am working under Linux. The mountpoint for the flash (the microcontroller represents itsself as "USBstick" with 2M memory space...) is /home/user/flash and I am always editing python code. I tried autocmd FileType python setlocal nobackup autocmd FileType python setlocal noswapfile as a first test...but it fails (supposedly a layer eight failure...) How can I acchieve this trick? Thanks a lot for any help in advance! Cheers! Meino -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vim_use+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
