Today I tried to open a file which I was editing before my OS crashed. There was a .swp file hanging around, and whenever I tried to open that file in GUI Vim, it crashed. After removing the .swp, everything was normal again.
On 13 Sep 2007, at 21:52 , Tony Mechelynck wrote: > - Does it work if you open the file read-only at least one of both > times? For > instance, Both instances are running without crash. > - When not readonly either time (your original case), are you sure > that the > first Vim creates its swap file someplace where the second Vim can > find it? > I'm not sure, since I don't know how to check... > - Does the crash happen if the file is not being edited in another > Vim but if > you create a dummy, zero-length "swapfile" next to it? For instance, > Yes, the crash happens in this case. I'm running unpatched version of vim 7.1.104, and Carbon as gui. > If you mean that you are trying to edit the same file in different > versions of > Vim, but not at the same time, please say so, because then I have > misunderstood you. I was trying to edit the same file at the same time with different version of Vim. So yes, you've understood me correctly :) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
