On Aug 15, 11:46 pm, John <itc....@gmail.com> wrote: > Given how often I save a script from vim, versus how often I get a > power failure at the exact moment I save a file, it seems to me that > the 'simple (and stupid) program' approach would be far more useful to > me - especially considering I of course keep the backup files that vim > creates. I don't suppose there's an option in vim to get it to use > the permission retaining approach to saving files? >
The idea scares me a little, but I think this will do it: :set nobackup :set nobackupcopy :set nowritebackup :set nopatchmode I have not tried this but :help 'backup', :help 'writebackup', and :help 'backup-table' seem to indicate this is what you desire. Also noted just below :help 'backup-table', even in the case of power failure during a file write, it is quite possible the swap file will still allow recovery. So you won't be completely unprotected. -- You received this message from the "vim_use" 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
