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diff --git a/runtime/doc/recover.txt b/runtime/doc/recover.txt index ce90d52779..3e2bc0f593 100644 --- a/runtime/doc/recover.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/recover.txt @@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ next morning, and then disaster strikes: Your computer crashes. DON'T PANIC! You can recover most of your changes from the files that Vim uses to store -the contents of the file. Mostly you can recover your work with one command: +the contents of the file. Mostly you can recover your work with one command: > vim -r filename - +< Type |gO| to see the table of contents. ============================================================================== @@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ Advantages: - You will not pollute the directories with ".swp" files. - When the 'directory' is on another partition, reduce the risk of damaging the file system where the file is (in a crash). + Disadvantages: - You can get name collisions from files with the same name but in different directories (although Vim tries to avoid that by comparing the path name). @@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ Disadvantages: warning message. If you want to put swap files in a fixed place, put a command resembling the -following ones in your vimrc: +following ones in your vimrc: > :set dir=~/tmp (for Unix) :set dir=c:\\tmp (for Win32) This is also very handy when editing files on floppy. Of course you will have @@ -114,8 +115,8 @@ after this. If you want to make sure that your changes are in the swap file use this command: - *:pre* *:preserve* *E313* *E314* -:pre[serve] Write all text for the current buffer into its swap +:pre[serve] *:pre* *:preserve* *E313* *E314* + Write all text for the current buffer into its swap file. The original file is no longer needed for recovery. @@ -154,8 +155,8 @@ This is easy when you start Vim to edit a file and you get the "ATTENTION: Found a swap file ..." message. In this case the single command ":recover" will do the work. You can also give the name of the file or the swap file to the recover command: - *:rec* *:recover* *E305* *E306* *E307* -:rec[over] [file] Try to recover [file] from the swap file. If [file] +:rec[over] [file] *:rec* *:recover* *E305* *E306* *E307* + Try to recover [file] from the swap file. If [file] is not given use the file name for the current buffer. The current contents of the buffer are lost. This command fails if the buffer was modified. |