Enabling vim undo history in Cygwin
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I have an install of Cygwin on a Windows 10 machine. I am trying to enable undo history in vim so that it is remembered between vim instances. At the moment everything is forgotten after closing the editor. My .exrc includes the following:
set undofile
set undodir=$HOME/.vim/undo
set undolevels=1000
set undoreload=10000
I did have a problem with .swp files not being opened correctly. Apparently the directory didn't exist and vim wasn't able to create one itself. However, $HOME/.vim/undo definitely exists:
drwx------+ 1 xxx Domänen-Benutzer 0 May 18 14:19 tmp
drwx------+ 1 xxx Domänen-Benutzer 0 May 18 14:20 undo
I have tried following this question and this one, including setting the following:
set nocompatible
I have also tried following this advice and set:
set undodir=$HOME/.vim/undo
However, it still does not work. Any other ideas what might be missing?
vim cygwin
asked May 18 at 12:38
Druckles
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I have an install of Cygwin on a Windows 10 machine. I am trying to enable undo history in vim so that it is remembered between vim instances. At the moment everything is forgotten after closing the editor. My .exrc includes the following:
set undofile
set undodir=$HOME/.vim/undo
set undolevels=1000
set undoreload=10000
I did have a problem with .swp files not being opened correctly. Apparently the directory didn't exist and vim wasn't able to create one itself. However, $HOME/.vim/undo definitely exists:
drwx------+ 1 xxx Domänen-Benutzer 0 May 18 14:19 tmp
drwx------+ 1 xxx Domänen-Benutzer 0 May 18 14:20 undo
I have tried following this question and this one, including setting the following:
set nocompatible
I have also tried following this advice and set:
set undodir=$HOME/.vim/undo
However, it still does not work. Any other ideas what might be missing?
vim cygwin
asked May 18 at 12:38
Druckles
1916
Edit a file (perhaps withvim --noplugin),:set verbose=1, and:w. If it were working it would sayWriting undo file: filename. What does yours say?
– B Layer
May 18 at 14:27
Nothing. Simply"test" 5L, 29C written
– Druckles
May 18 at 15:05
It's not even trying? When you do:seteverything there looks as expected (esp.undofileandundodir)? What happens when you try to write to the undodir directly, e.g.:exec 'w ' . &undodir . '/tmp.txt'
– B Layer
May 18 at 20:05
Nothing. It returns with no output and the file is not written. But then:echo 'something'doesn't do anything either.
– Druckles
May 22 at 11:45
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I have an install of Cygwin on a Windows 10 machine. I am trying to enable undo history in vim so that it is remembered between vim instances. At the moment everything is forgotten after closing the editor. My .exrc includes the following:
set undofile
set undodir=$HOME/.vim/undo
set undolevels=1000
set undoreload=10000
I did have a problem with .swp files not being opened correctly. Apparently the directory didn't exist and vim wasn't able to create one itself. However, $HOME/.vim/undo definitely exists:
drwx------+ 1 xxx Domänen-Benutzer 0 May 18 14:19 tmp
drwx------+ 1 xxx Domänen-Benutzer 0 May 18 14:20 undo
I have tried following this question and this one, including setting the following:
set nocompatible
I have also tried following this advice and set:
set undodir=$HOME/.vim/undo
However, it still does not work. Any other ideas what might be missing?
vim cygwin
asked May 18 at 12:38
Druckles
1916
I have an install of Cygwin on a Windows 10 machine. I am trying to enable undo history in vim so that it is remembered between vim instances. At the moment everything is forgotten after closing the editor. My .exrc includes the following:
set undofile
set undodir=$HOME/.vim/undo
set undolevels=1000
set undoreload=10000
I did have a problem with .swp files not being opened correctly. Apparently the directory didn't exist and vim wasn't able to create one itself. However, $HOME/.vim/undo definitely exists:
drwx------+ 1 xxx Domänen-Benutzer 0 May 18 14:19 tmp
drwx------+ 1 xxx Domänen-Benutzer 0 May 18 14:20 undo
I have tried following this question and this one, including setting the following:
set nocompatible
I have also tried following this advice and set:
set undodir=$HOME/.vim/undo
However, it still does not work. Any other ideas what might be missing?
vim cygwin
asked May 18 at 12:38
Druckles
1916
asked May 18 at 12:38
Druckles
1916
asked May 18 at 12:38
Druckles
1916
asked May 18 at 12:38
Druckles
1916
1916
Edit a file (perhaps withvim --noplugin),:set verbose=1, and:w. If it were working it would sayWriting undo file: filename. What does yours say?
– B Layer
May 18 at 14:27
Nothing. Simply"test" 5L, 29C written
– Druckles
May 18 at 15:05
It's not even trying? When you do:seteverything there looks as expected (esp.undofileandundodir)? What happens when you try to write to the undodir directly, e.g.:exec 'w ' . &undodir . '/tmp.txt'
– B Layer
May 18 at 20:05
Nothing. It returns with no output and the file is not written. But then:echo 'something'doesn't do anything either.
– Druckles
May 22 at 11:45
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Edit a file (perhaps withvim --noplugin),:set verbose=1, and:w. If it were working it would sayWriting undo file: filename. What does yours say?
– B Layer
May 18 at 14:27
Nothing. Simply"test" 5L, 29C written
– Druckles
May 18 at 15:05
It's not even trying? When you do:seteverything there looks as expected (esp.undofileandundodir)? What happens when you try to write to the undodir directly, e.g.:exec 'w ' . &undodir . '/tmp.txt'
– B Layer
May 18 at 20:05
Nothing. It returns with no output and the file is not written. But then:echo 'something'doesn't do anything either.
– Druckles
May 22 at 11:45
Edit a file (perhaps with
vim --noplugin), :set verbose=1, and :w. If it were working it would say Writing undo file: filename. What does yours say?– B Layer
May 18 at 14:27
Edit a file (perhaps with
vim --noplugin), :set verbose=1, and :w. If it were working it would say Writing undo file: filename. What does yours say?– B Layer
May 18 at 14:27
Nothing. Simply
"test" 5L, 29C written– Druckles
May 18 at 15:05
Nothing. Simply
"test" 5L, 29C written– Druckles
May 18 at 15:05
It's not even trying? When you do
:set everything there looks as expected (esp. undofile and undodir)? What happens when you try to write to the undodir directly, e.g. :exec 'w ' . &undodir . '/tmp.txt'– B Layer
May 18 at 20:05
It's not even trying? When you do
:set everything there looks as expected (esp. undofile and undodir)? What happens when you try to write to the undodir directly, e.g. :exec 'w ' . &undodir . '/tmp.txt'– B Layer
May 18 at 20:05
Nothing. It returns with no output and the file is not written. But then
:echo 'something' doesn't do anything either.– Druckles
May 22 at 11:45
Nothing. It returns with no output and the file is not written. But then
:echo 'something' doesn't do anything either.– Druckles
May 22 at 11:45
add a comment |Â
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Edit a file (perhaps with
vim --noplugin),:set verbose=1, and:w. If it were working it would sayWriting undo file: filename. What does yours say?– B Layer
May 18 at 14:27
Nothing. Simply
"test" 5L, 29C written– Druckles
May 18 at 15:05
It's not even trying? When you do
:seteverything there looks as expected (esp.undofileandundodir)? What happens when you try to write to the undodir directly, e.g.:exec 'w ' . &undodir . '/tmp.txt'– B Layer
May 18 at 20:05
Nothing. It returns with no output and the file is not written. But then
:echo 'something'doesn't do anything either.– Druckles
May 22 at 11:45