If I enable "Disable swap file syncing", kate disables the swap file is completely (it's not updated or created). Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Enable "disable swap files syncing" in "Configure Kate" -> Editor Component -> Open/Save -> Advanced Actual Results: Swap file is completely disabled. Expected Results: Only disable the fsync call. The option should be renamed to "disable swap file", fixed, or removed completely.
Git commit f076a0de82a4534a42644c5f4aa8d914efad20cb by Christoph Cullmann. Committed on 09/11/2012 at 19:07. Pushed by cullmann into branch 'master'. fix that disable swap file syncing caused no swap files at all thanks for reporting this, stupid mistake M +2 -2 part/swapfile/kateswapfile.cpp http://commits.kde.org/kate/f076a0de82a4534a42644c5f4aa8d914efad20cb
*** Bug 309753 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Actually, it was a quite useful 'mistake' if you edit in directory mounted via sshfs. Right now such edits are not practical, since Kate is way too slow for this. And I WAS using sshfs (not anymore after the 'fix'), since it is the only way for Kate to remember folding state across sessions, since files opened in sftp/fish/ftp folders are always completely unfolded. Now, if anyone could stop immediate auto-unfolding code after typing an opening quote...