Configuring vim right

Re:Configuring vim right by nadim on Monday November 10, 2008 @05:43PM (#359865)

Thanks for this one: "Store temporary files in a central spot Swap files and backups are annoying but can save you a lot of trouble. Rather than spreading them all around your filesystem, isolate them to a single directory"

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Re:Configuring vim right by Tritis on Tuesday November 11, 2008 @01:23PM (#360748)

set backupdir=~/.vim/backup//

set directory=~/.vim/swp//

If you end your settings with double trailing // then vim will automatically use the full path to the file

so editing

/etc/X11/x.org and ~/x.org won't clobber each other in your swap directory.

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