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tilde files (Score:1)

by runrig (3385)

Is that "~file" or "file~"? the default backupext for vim is "~".
- Re:tilde files (Score:1)
  
  by cog (4665)
  
  I know that, but the weird thing is that the filename is just a plain tilde... could it be that vim was opened without any arguments? but then again, that would result in a .swp file, right? Just ~ ... nothing more...
  - Re:tilde files (Score:1)
    
    by Limbic Region (3985) on 2004.06.29 7:28 (#31971) Homepage Journal
    
    Actually this happens to me quite a bit. Remember that ~ is the shortcut to your home directory so :w ~/blah.foo
    
    will write to blah.foo in your home directory.
    
    Now if you type as fast as I do you pinky tends to hover over the enter key and not over the ;
    
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