[SOLVED] Basic question concerning vim

ADX · 07-19-2011, 05:13 PM

Here's what is going on; I'll open any file in vim to edit, and then when I'm finished and I enter ":wq", instead of saving the file I was editing, vim creates another by the same name with a tilde.

Any solutions?

TobiSGD · 07-19-2011, 05:19 PM

Vim actually is saving your file, but also creates a backup of the old file. That is the file with the tilde.

Nermal · 07-19-2011, 05:22 PM

Code:

bash$ ls ~/tmp
bash$ vim ~/tmp/test.txt
<edit file and :wq or :x out of vim>
bash$ ls ~/tmp
test.txt
bash$ vim ~/tmp/test.txt
<edit file and :wq or :x out of vim>
bash$ ls ~/tmp
test.txt
test.txt~

something like that? the ~ version is a backup. search "vim turn off backup" at a search engine of your choice, that should help.

ADX · 07-19-2011, 07:27 PM

Figured it out, thanks for the help.

TobiSGD · 07-19-2011, 07:30 PM

Just create a .vimrc in your home-folder and add that option.