vim already-editing message should not page
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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vim |
New
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Undecided
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vim (Ubuntu) |
New
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Wishlist
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: vim
Upon opening a file that is already opened by vim, it will present a dialog prompt. The prompt can be slightly too large to fit on one standard-size terminal, which makes the correct next action ambiguous for people who see this dialog all the time and know what should be done.
E325: ATTENTION
Found a swap file by the name ".foo.swp"
owned by: user dated: Sat Feb 12 08:15:21 2011
file name: foo
modified: no
user name: user host name: host
process ID: 9637 (still running)
While opening file "foo"
dated: Fri Feb 11 17:42:51 2011
(1) Another program may be editing the same file.
If this is the case, be careful not to end up with two
different instances of the same file when making changes.
Quit, or continue with caution.
(2) An edit session for this file crashed.
If this is the case, use ":recover" or "vim -r draw.cpp"
to recover the changes (see ":help recovery").
If you did this already, delete the swap file ".draw.cpp.swp"
to avoid this message.
-- More --
That -more- is a prompt to press enter or space to see the rest. If that "more" is not there, then space or enter also answers the next prompt.
After space/enter, the remainder is the single line "Swap file ".foo.swp" already exists!"
The prompt is "[O]pen Read-Only, (E)dit anyway, (R)ecover, (Q)uit, (A)bort:" Space and enter, the message-paging keys also answer this dialog, which causes problems.
Changed in vim (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |