E303 Unable to load swap file

[Graham Lawrence]

To my sorrow, I updated my arch linux system, a distro that cruelly and
relentlessly reminds one of the reason for the old adage, "If it ain't
broke, don't fix it!"

So now vim is a little peculiar, announcing every file with E303, could not
open a swap file for this file. The help points to a defunct web page for
further information, and declares this is a problem with one's X
configuration.

I think this unlikely as vim behaves so whether or not X is running, and it
is not that I am out of disk space either. Can anyone advise me of other
possibilities?
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Graham Lawrence
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[Reid Thompson]

Post by Graham Lawrence
To my sorrow, I updated my arch linux system, a distro that cruelly
and relentlessly reminds one of the reason for the old adage, "If it
ain't broke, don't fix it!"
So now vim is a little peculiar, announcing every file with E303,
could not open a swap file for this file. The help points to a defunct
web page for further information, and declares this is a problem with
one's X configuration.
I think this unlikely as vim behaves so whether or not X is running,
and it is not that I am out of disk space either. Can anyone advise me
of other possibilities?
--
Graham Lawrence
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*E303*
Unable to open swap file for "{filename}", recovery impossible

Vim was not able to create a swap file. You can still edit the file, but if
Vim unexpectedly exits the changes will be lost. And Vim may consume a lot of
memory when editing a big file. You may want to change the 'directory' option
to avoid this error. See |swap-file|.
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[Reid Thompson]

Post by Reid Thompson
*E303*
Unable to open swap file for "{filename}", recovery impossible
Vim was not able to create a swap file. You can still edit the file, but if
Vim unexpectedly exits the changes will be lost. And Vim may consume a lot of
memory when editing a big file. You may want to change the 'directory' option
to avoid this error. See |swap-file|.

http://superuser.com/questions/364879/how-to-open-a-new-file-in-gvim-e303-unable-to-open-swap-file
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[porphyry5]

Post by Reid Thompson

Post by Reid Thompson
*E303*
Unable to open swap file for "{filename}", recovery impossible
Vim was not able to create a swap file. You can still edit the file, but if
Vim unexpectedly exits the changes will be lost. And Vim may consume a lot of
memory when editing a big file. You may want to change the 'directory' option
to avoid this error. See |swap-file|.

http://superuser.com/questions/364879/how-to-open-a-new-file-in-gvim-e303-unable-to-open-swap-file

Thank you very much.
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