Is there a way to disable the creation of .swp files in Vim? Or, at least create them in one place so that I can find and delete them easily?
I find swap files especially annoying when I copy the parent directory while editing at the same time. Of course I know that I can use find -exec to find and delete them, but I want a more practical solution.
To disable swap files from within vim, type
:set noswapfile
To disable swap files permanently, add the below to your ~/.vimrc file
set noswapfile
For more details see the Vim docs on swapfile