Tickets :: Comment on [#24] the "Delete" option in E325 should not be displayed

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Comment	> When the "attention dialog" is given (E325), there is a list of > options for the > user. For example, if I am editing "a.c" in one terminal session, and try to > open it in another one, vim finds that there is already a swap file > for a.c and > gives me the following warning: > > E325: ATTENTION > Found a swap file by the name "a.c_swp" > dated: Fri Dec 17 20:45:22 2010 > [cannot be opened] > While opening file "a.c" > dated: Fri Dec 17 20:45:28 2010 > NEWER than swap file! > > ... > > Swap file "a.c_swp" already exists! > [O]pen Read-Only, (E)dit anyway, (R)ecover, (D)elete it, (Q)uit, (A)bort: > > I believe that the option to "(D)elete" the swap file should only be > displayed > if the "other" process is not running, i.e. if it has crashed. > > I did not find any documentation for this, but > - this makes sense, > - this seems to be the intention in memline.c, findswapname(), see the use of > variable process_still_running > > Currently, the option to Delete the swap file is displayed even when > the other > process is still running. It probably isn't very "healthy" to delete the swap > file then. >
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