Hi Gary,

On Fri, 11 Aug 2006 13:20:15 -0700
Gary Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On 2006-08-10, Eddy Zhao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> >  Very often, I open a lot of files to edit. When I exiting vim, vim
> > prompt me to save every file which contain changes not saved yet.
> > So,
> > 
> >  - Is there plugin that could highlight the
> > changed-yet-not-saved-lines (possibly with yellow background), so
> > that I could easily locate and check those changes and decide
> > whether to save it or not.
> > 
> >  - Furthermore, is there plugin that could highlight the
> > changed-and-saved-lines in a vim session in the file (possibly with
> > green background), so that I could easily audit all changes of a
> > file in a vim edit session.
> 
> This command was posted by Piet Delport a few years ago.  I use it 
> all the time.
> 
> command DiffOrig vert new | set bt=nofile | r # | 0d_ | diffthis |
> wincmd p | diffthis
> 
> Gary

I can see why you use this all the time. BRILLIANT!
It should certainly be a tip on vim.org if it isn't already!!

I just threw this in my .vimrc and I'll too be using it all the time.
(I used :command! though (note the !))


thanks,


-- 
Mark

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