On: 30 Aug 1998 09:07:49 +0200 Danny ter Haar writes:
>
> Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Does anyone know why vim keeps leaving ~ files around everytime I
>> edit a file?
>
> The maintainer of vim changed the default behavior
> :((((((((((((((((((((((((((( edit /etc/vimrc
>
> search for the line
>
> set backup " keep a backup file
>
> and uncomment this like this:
>
> " set backup " keep a backup file
>
> Hint for the maintainer: please set a default of NO backups !
I don't think so. The default behaviour of an editor should be a safe
one. And the backup files usually don't make problems (exception are
the sendmail mail queue directory and similiar spooling places, where
no one should manually edit the files), run-parts, for example, make a
good job of ignoring backup files and .dpkg-{dist,new,old} ones.
Torsten
BTW: The default colouring of shell scripts was quite confusing[1] too at
the start but it is nice now.
Footnotes:
[1] Even though I use Emacsen regulary, I just didn't expect for a vi
to be so colourful ;-)
