On 2017-11-06, Scott Court wrote: > Those are very valid points, and I agree that the way Neovim handles > .swp files is better. I've already explained on here and on Openwall > numerous reasons why I believe that is the best solution and made the > case that .swp files should be stored in ~/.vim/swap by default. However > Bram has veto power and shot that idea down. > > So instead I'm trying to find the next best way to address this. > /var/lib being writable only by root and therefore requiring cooperation > from packagers did not occur to me, but that's definitely a problem. > Maybe it would be doable as a major change in the next major release of > Vim, but you're right; that definitely won't work as a security patch. > So much for that idea.
What about using /var/tmp instead of /var/lib? It's writable by everyone and my notes say that it is not cleared at power-up, but my notes don't include a reference for that claim. Regards, Gary -- -- 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.
