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authorJustin M. Keyes <justinkz@gmail.com>2023-10-04 06:31:25 -0700
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2023-10-04 06:31:25 -0700
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feat: ignore swapfile for running Nvim processes #25336
Problem: The swapfile "E325: ATTENTION" dialog is displayed when editing a file already open in another (running) Nvim. Usually this behavior is annoying and irrelevant: - "Recover" and the other options ("Open readonly", "Quit", "Abort") are almost never wanted. - swapfiles are less relevant for "multi-Nvim" since 'autoread' is enabled by default. - Even less relevant if user enables 'autowrite'. Solution: Define a default SwapExists handler which does the following: 1. If the swapfile is owned by a running Nvim process, automatically chooses "(E)dit anyway" (caveat: this creates a new, extra swapfile, which is mostly harmless and ignored except by `:recover` or `nvim -r`. 2. Shows a 1-line "ignoring swapfile..." message. 3. Users can disable the default SwapExists handler via `autocmd! nvim_swapfile`.
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@@ -2276,12 +2276,13 @@ v:stderr |channel-id| corresponding to stderr. The value is always 2;
:call chansend(v:stderr, "error: toaster empty\n")
<
*v:swapname* *swapname-variable*
-v:swapname Only valid when executing |SwapExists| autocommands: Name of
- the swap file found. Read-only.
+v:swapname Name of the swapfile found.
+ Only valid during |SwapExists| event.
+ Read-only.
*v:swapchoice* *swapchoice-variable*
v:swapchoice |SwapExists| autocommands can set this to the selected choice
- for handling an existing swap file:
+ for handling an existing swapfile:
'o' Open read-only
'e' Edit anyway
'r' Recover