Answer by Evan Hu for Disabling swap file creation in Vim
If you are using git, you can add *.swp to .gitignore.
View ArticleAnswer by zzapper for Disabling swap file creation in Vim
create no vim swap file just for a particular fileautocmd bufenter c:/aaa/Dropbox/TapNote/Todo.txt :set noswapfile
View ArticleAnswer by valk for Disabling swap file creation in Vim
For anyone trying to set this for Rails projects, addset directory=tmp,/tmpinto your~/.vimrcSo the .swp files will be in their natural location - the tmp directory (per project).
View ArticleAnswer by trusktr for Disabling swap file creation in Vim
Set the following variables in .vimrc or /etc/vimrc to make vim put swap, backup and undo files in a special location instead of the working directory of the file being edited:set...
View ArticleAnswer by Jez for Disabling swap file creation in Vim
I agree with those who question why vim needs all this 'disaster recovery' stuff when no other text editors bother with it. I don't want vim creating ANY extra files in the edited file's directory when...
View ArticleAnswer by monokrome for Disabling swap file creation in Vim
You can set backupdir and directory to null in order to completely disable your swap files, but it is generally recommended to simply put them in a centralized directory. Vim takes care of making sure...
View ArticleAnswer by markus_b for Disabling swap file creation in Vim
I found the answer here:vim -n <file>opens file without swapfile.In addition:set dir=/tmpin .vimrc creates the swapfiles in /tmp.
View ArticleAnswer by dwc for Disabling swap file creation in Vim
To disable swap files from within vim, type:set noswapfileTo disable swap files permanently, add the below to your ~/.vimrc fileset noswapfileFor more details see the Vim docs on swapfile
View ArticleAnswer by cpjolicoeur for Disabling swap file creation in Vim
here are my personal ~/.vimrc backup settings" backup to ~/.tmp set backup set backupdir=~/.vim-tmp,~/.tmp,~/tmp,/var/tmp,/tmp set backupskip=/tmp/*,/private/tmp/* set...
View ArticleAnswer by Brian Rasmussen for Disabling swap file creation in Vim
If you put set directory="" in your exrc file, you will turn off the swap file. However, doing so will disable recovery.More info here.
View ArticleDisabling swap file creation in Vim
Is there a way to disable the creation of .swp files in Vim? Or, at least create them in one place so that I can find and delete them easily?I find swap files especially annoying when I copy the parent...
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