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| author | Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> | 2022-04-04 16:57:21 +0100 |
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| committer | Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> | 2022-04-04 16:57:21 +0100 |
| commit | 188639d75c363dffaf813e8e2209f7350ad1e871 (patch) | |
| tree | 5ad1a2954a8a4a821125a7f20e9667a85f3a6196 /runtime/doc/popup.txt | |
| parent | cc766a85f460ebb7f8c915508447548b5f5b99bc (diff) | |
patch 8.2.4685: when a swap file is found for a popup there is no dialogv8.2.4685
Problem: When a swap file is found for a popup there is no dialog and the
buffer is loaded anyway.
Solution: Silently load the buffer read-only. (closes #10073)
Diffstat (limited to 'runtime/doc/popup.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | runtime/doc/popup.txt | 5 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/runtime/doc/popup.txt b/runtime/doc/popup.txt index 6645a7b2d9..dcde185e91 100644 --- a/runtime/doc/popup.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/popup.txt @@ -271,6 +271,11 @@ popup_create({what}, {options}) *popup_create()* 'buftype' set to "popup". That buffer will be wiped out once the popup closes. + if {what} is a buffer number and loading the buffer runs into + an existing swap file, it is silently opened read-only, as if + a |SwapExists| autocommand had set |v:swapchoice| to 'o'. + This is because we assume the buffer is only used for viewing. + {options} is a dictionary with many possible entries. See |popup_create-arguments| for details. |