Ben Fritz wrote: > On Sunday, August 11, 2013 12:52:16 PM UTC-5, v...@googlecode.com wrote: > > Comment #7 on issue 28 by brammool...@gmail.com: out of the box, gVim > > > > 7.3.46 for Win32 cannot write swap files on Windows 7 > > > > http://code.google.com/p/vim/issues/detail?id=28 > > > > > > > > I do not see the problem "out of the box". > > > > Starting gVim from the desktop results in a swap > > > > file "c:\Users\bram\Desktop\_.swp". > > > > How did you start gVim then? > > > > How did you manage to start in a directory that is not writable? > > When I launch a newly installed Vim with no files, it always launches > in C:\Program Files (x86)\vim or something like that, which is not > writable unless you run Vim elevated with admin privileges.
How do you launch Vim? Do you really mean Vim or gVim? I suppose gVim, since from a console you always have a current directory. > Since the > directory is not writable, it falls back to C:\Temp or C:\TMP which > does not exist. Vim should use $TEMP and $TMP instead. These go > somewhere under C:\Users\yourusername on Windows 7. I don't think that $TEMP is a good default current directory. The desktop isn't so bad, although $HOME is probably what most people expect. Obviously this only matters if you do ":w file". The main problem is: How can Vim know that the current directory is not given by the user? -- hundred-and-one symptoms of being an internet addict: 88. Every single time you press the 'Get mail' button...it does get new mail. /// Bram Moolenaar -- b...@moolenaar.net -- http://www.Moolenaar.net \\\ /// sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ \\\ \\\ an exciting new programming language -- http://www.Zimbu.org /// \\\ help me help AIDS victims -- http://ICCF-Holland.org /// -- -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" 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_dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vim_dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
