Hi Tony, On 25/10/2019 15:38, Tony Mechelynck wrote: > On Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 7:36 AM Sihera Andre <[email protected]> > wrote: >> Hi Tony, >> >> >> On 25/10/2019 13:55, Tony Mechelynck wrote: >>> On Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 6:31 AM Sihera Andre <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> On 25/10/2019 13:06, Andre Sihera wrote: >>>>> Hello all, >>>>> >>>>> The "backupcopy" option does not appear to be working as >>>>> documented in the version of VIM I have built locally. As the >>>>> run-time contains online help for the feature I assume that >>>>> my version of VIM supports it, or does it? >>>>> >>>>> Binary: 8.0.1766 >>>>> Runtime: 8.0.1766 >>>>> (full information at bottom) >>>> I have just tried my original tests against the HEAD version >>>> (v8.1.2168) and there is no difference. In fact, the per-file >>>> jump list doesn't seem to work at all in the HEAD version >>>> whereas it seems to work intermittently in 8.0.1766. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> >>>> Andre. >>> The online help covers all versions of Vim, including those (if any) >>> ,which features that you excluded at compile-time. >>> >>> To see if the 'backupcopy' option is included, type (in Vim and in Normal >>> mode) >>> >>> :echo exists('+backupcopy') >>> >>> followed by Enter. The answer is normally 0 or 1. 0 means No, anything >>> else (normally 1) means Yes. >>> >>> Best regards, >>> Tony. >>> >> >> Thanks for your comprehensive and helpful notes on building and >> configuring ViM. >> >> Regarding the "backupcopy" option, can you please tell me exactly >> what option that is I should be enabling on the "configure" command >> line? I have searched the entire source code, including all labels in >> src/feature.h and there is no label resembling "backupcopy". There >> is a "+/iwritebackup" option, there is the "backupskip" command, >> enabled as part of the "+/-wildignore" feature, but I don't see a >> "backupcopy" feature. >> >> Additionally, I have configured for "huge" builds and there is no >> "backupoption" in the outputof ":version", either as a "+" or a "-" >> (which would indicate it is inthe source code but has been disabled). >> >> For your reference, I attach the output of ":version" for my build as >> sent out in my original email. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Andre. > What is the output of > > :echo exists('+backupcopy')
This outputs "1", indicating it is compiled in. Cheers, Andre. -- -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_dev/PSXP216MB0277EDE7DFA040FB1CED7266C0650%40PSXP216MB0277.KORP216.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM.
