I'd like to delete all spaces on empty lines before saving files. I've figured out how to do that.
autocmd BufWritePre * silent! %s/\v^\s+$//e
But this moves my cursor to the line where the spaces have been removed. I know that not in autocmd I can just press '' and that would do what I want, but I can't figure out how to achieve this in autocmd.
You could achieve '' on an autocmd using the following:
:call setpos('.', getpos("''"))
Check :help function-list for built-in functionality on VimL.
Edit
okay, how to combine it with search and replace? Another autocmd after the search and replace one?
Vim documentation is very comprehensive and well-written, you should definitively try reading it.
If you are going to write autocmds then :help cmd-lines is a must read:
autocmd BufWritePre * %s/\v^\s+$//e | call setpos('.', getpos("''"))
You should also consider using autocmd groups, as explained in :help autocmd-groups.
'' manually). However when I'm pressing manually backtick twice the cursor moves to the correct position (where it was before saving file). But! Somehow if I would change double single quote to double backtick in call setpos('.', getpos("``")) when I save file cursor still goes to the start of the file.
Commented
Apr 12, 2016 at 7:39
Inspired from this answer on another post, a possible solution would be
autocmd! BufWritePre * call KeepEx('silent! %s/\v^\s+$//e')
function! KeepEx(arg)
let l:winview = winsaveview()
execute a:arg
call winrestview(l:winview)
endfunction
using the function KeepEx which can execute arbitrary functions and afterwards restore the old view.
