[Bug 253576] Re: Buffer content is lost when opening file over network that doesn't exsist

[Paul White]

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Ubuntu 8.04 (hardy) reached end-of-life on May 12, 2011.

I'm setting the status of this bug to 'Incomplete' as it's not seen any
activity for some time. If this is still an issue while using a
currently maintained release of Ubuntu then please let us know which
one(s) otherwise this bug report can be left to expire in approximately
60 days time.

** Tags added: hardy

** Changed in: vim (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

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Title:
  Buffer content is lost when opening file over network that doesn't
  exsist

Status in vim package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: vim

  I'm using VIM 7.1.138 (netrw v109) on Ubuntu 8.04.
  The fastest way to see this bug happening seems to be this:
  1) Start vim, type :e ftp://user@domain.xxx//path/to/existing/file
  2) Enter the password - file content appears in the buffer.
  3) Type :w
  4) Type :sp ftp://user@domain.xxx//path/to/NOT/existing/file

  What happens after this is:
  1) 2 new buffers are opened: the first one says '/path/to/NOT/existing/file: No such file or directory', and the second is the buffer for that file. You can edit that buffer and save it, so a new file is created on the server.
  2) The old buffer which had the contents of ftp://user@domain.xxx//path/to/existing/file is empty.

  I expect that the second consequence above is a bug. If I was in a
  middle of editing in one buffer and opened another which would create
  a new file, all my work on the first one is lost - it's impossible to
  undo any changes, it says 'Already at oldest change', and the old
  buffer is cleared and not saved on the server.

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