On Thu, 19 Oct 2006 at 3:15pm, Yegappan Lakshmanan wrote: > Hi Yakov, > > On 10/19/06, Yakov Lerner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'd like to cache some information about file, into > > b:variables, and be able to check in my function, > > whether buffer changed in any way between 2 calls > > to the function. Is there any "change counter" that I can > > store and compare later to detect the buffer change (any > > change like any insertion, deletion, undo, redo, file was re-read from disk) ? > > > > I though about using &modified but it does not work. If file > > was modified and saved, then &modified is off and I don't detect > > anything. > > > > You can try using the b:changedtick variable or the changenr() function. > > :help b:changedtick-variable > :help changenr() > > - Yegappan
Right on what Yakov wants. I think diffing eval.txt with that of vim6 will reveal several hidden gems. -- Thanks, Hari __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
