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Consider the following script:

vim9script

var buffer_info = getbufinfo()

g:buflist = []
for dd in getbufinfo()
    add(g:buflist, dd['bufnr'])
endfor

def g:BufListRemove()
  # If the buffer is in the buffer list, then remove it.
  var idx = index(g:buflist, bufnr())
  if idx != -1
    remove(g:buflist, idx)
  endif
enddef

augroup myaugroup
    autocmd BufDelete,BufWipeout * g:BufListRemove()
augroup END

Say that I have 4 buffers opened, numbered from 1 to 4. Hence, echo g:buflist (after having run the above script) returns [1, 2, 3, 4], which is fine.

Say now that the current buffer is 4 and I run :bw. Then, echo g:buflist correctly returns [1, 2, 3].

The problem arise when the wiped out (or deleted) buffer is not %.

Foe example, If the current buffer is 3 and I run :bw1, then echo g:buflist returns [1, 2].

Inspection of the documentation of BufWipeout (same for BufDelete) say that

NOTE:           When this autocommand is executed, the
                current buffer "%" may be different from the
                buffer being deleted "<afile>".
                Don't change to another buffer, it will cause
                problems.

But then I have no idea on how to circumnavigate this note.

What I want is that if I run e.g. :bw1 , then the item 1 is removed from g:buflist and not the current buffer.

How to achieve that?

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    Try using expand('<afile>')
    – D. Ben Knoble
    Apr 10 at 14:24
  • 1
    … almost. I had to str2nr(expand(‘<abuf>’) instead of bufnr(). That solved.
    – Barzi2001
    Apr 10 at 15:11
  • 1
    Feel free to post a self-answer.
    – D. Ben Knoble
    Apr 10 at 17:45

1 Answer 1

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I had to replace the line:

var idx = index(g:buflist, bufnr())

with the line:

var idx = index(g:buflist, str2nr(expand('<abuf>'))

See :h <abuf> and :h expand() for more information.

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