On Thu, Nov 22, 2018 at 9:21 PM Gary Johnson <garyj...@spocom.com> wrote: > > On 2018-11-22, tu...@posteo.de wrote: > > Hi, > > > > from time to time I have to edit a python file, which > > is stored on the 2M flash memory on a microcontroller > > board. > > > > To avoid unneccassary write cycles to the flash (flash wear out) > > I want to disable backup and swapfile in such a case. > > > > And to ensure both are switched off even if I have forgotten > > to do so, vim should do that automatically. > > > > I am working under Linux. > > > > The mountpoint for the flash (the microcontroller represents > > itsself as "USBstick" with 2M memory space...) is > > /home/user/flash and I am always editing python code. [...]
'backup' and 'writebackup' are global options, so disabling them for one file disables them for every file. If that's what you want, you can set them off in your vimrc. However, ":set nobackup writebackup" is supposed to leave nothing hanging around once the write has succeeded. For 'swapfile', which is buffer-local, it is easier. I suggest the following (untested): autocmd BufNewFile,BufReadPre /home/user/flash/**/* setlocal noswapfile Best regards, Tony. -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vim_use+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.