This 'trick' alleviates the need to run vim itself as root. Changing permissions is not always preferable. How do you edit system configs? Full blown root user?
Your paranoia has caused you to be less safe...
sudoedit (or sudo -e) is the right way to do when you have not yet open the file with Vim.
sudoedit
sudo -e
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This 'trick' alleviates the need to run vim itself as root. Changing permissions is not always preferable. How do you edit system configs? Full blown root user?
Your paranoia has caused you to be less safe...
sudoedit(orsudo -e) is the right way to do when you have not yet open the file with Vim.