[-vim_use, +vim_dev] Christian Brabandt wrote:
> > Benjamin Fritz wrote: > > > > > I recently started using Google Drive more extensively at work, and was > > > happy to be able to edit some text files at home, hoping to see them at > > > work later. > > > > > > But when my work computer synced, it actually got a new copy of the file > > > for every time I saved in Vim, probably due to 'backupcopy' creating a new > > > file and renaming it rather than overwriting the old file: > > > https://productforums.google.com/d/msg/drive/Yjmkd4nbhw4/WOhRazY3gc8J > > > > > > I THOUGHT I could set 'backupcopy' in a BufRead/BufNewFile autocmd based > > > on > > > the location of the file I'm editing; but actually it looks like it's a > > > global option. I want to get the benefits of "auto"/"no" documented in > > > :help 'backupcopy' but I want to make sure my Google Drive docs get > > > overwritten instead of copied to work around Google being careless with > > > sync. Is there an easy way to do this? Maybe using BufEnter or > > > BufWritePre? > > > Will I risk bad side effects if I do that? > > > > The 'backupcopy' option should be global-local. Perhaps someone can > > make a patch for that? > > I think, the attached patch does it. Thanks, I'll check it out. -- Fingers not found - Pound head on keyboard to continue. /// 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/d/optout.
