Questions tagged [autocmd]
`autocmd`s are commands executed automatically on certain events. Questions on creating or modifying `autocmd` definitions are appropriate for this tag.
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How to externally trigger [neo]vim to reload an edited file?
I have a file, /tmp/file.txt that is being edited by vim (or neovim), as well as some other external process.
I wish the external app to notify vim, in such a way that vim takes that notification to ...
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Don't jump on search and replace
How do I get my cursor to not move to the last thing it replaced after a search and replace. No <C-o> or extra key presses. Is there some autocmd magic I can setup to listen on any substitute ...
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NERDTree maximize on enter
I'd like to maximize NERDTree when I enter the NERDTree buffer. The command I have so far is:
autocmd BufEnter NERD_tree_* <A>
...but the <A> part is wrong. I get the error:
E21: Cannot ...
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Reload vim autocmd Filetype [duplicate]
I tried searching for this on the internet but I get bombarded with answers saying to :so $MYVIMRCwhich does not work if I add lines of the type autocmd FileType foo bar.
What's a more efficient way ...
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How can I trigger the autocmd FileType commands for all buffers? [duplicate]
I have a key binding to reload my ~/.vimrc. However, some of my options set via autocmd FileType are not active after reloading the config. Those are to set the text width, creating highlights, etc. I ...
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Automatically saving on FocusLost sometimes stops working for a gvim window
In my ~/.vimrc I have at the moment:
autocmd BufLeave,FocusLost * nested silent! wall
Which most of the time works as I would like, however sometimes it seems saving simply stops working (for a ...
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Apply templates when new file created
I have a file template which is rendered with replacing some stubs when new file created:
augroup templates
autocmd!
autocmd BufNewFile *.java $r ~/.vim/templates/skeleton.java|call s:...
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Execute command only for specified filetype
I'm setting up an environment to automatically recompile .tex files on save. I've found solution for this:
autocmd BufWritePost *.tex :! latexmk -pdf
But is there any better way to do this? It seems ...
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Keep `scroll` equal to current window height
Is there a way to update scroll every time window height changes?
I know, that I can achieve the same behavior calling winheight(0) on each ctrld press as suggested here, but I'm curious if there is ...
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Always move cursor to top of gitcommit buffer
I have the following autocmd in my vimrc.
augroup line_return
au!
au BufReadPost *
\ if line("'\"") > 0 && line("'\"") <= line("$") |
\ execute 'normal! g`"zvzz' |
\ ...
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why doesn't this autocmd take effect for neovim?
I am writing an autocmd which will warn me if the file opened is not in UTF-8 format. This is what I have got:
augroup non_utf8_file
autocmd!
autocmd BufRead * if &fileencoding != 'utf-8' ...
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autocmd for the event: “the first time a buffer is entered”
I know that the autocommand autocmd BufEnter will be triggered every time a buffer is entered. Is there a way to define an autocmd that will be triggered only the first time a buffer is entered?
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What's the difference between autocmd {cmd} and autocmd! {cmd}
For example, what's the difference between calling this command this way:
autocmd BufWritePre * call StripTrailingWhitespace()
vs. this way (with the bang after autocmd):
autocmd! BufWritePre * ...
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Enable line numbering for directories
When viewing a directory (using :Explore, for example), I would like to see line numbers. I can run :set number after opening the directory, and that works, but I can't get numbering to turn on by ...
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Trigger autocommand on error?
Is there an autocommand that is triggered when an error occurs (a Vim error of the type E###)? A try/catch block isn't enough because I need it at a more global level.
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VimEnter autocmd to change cursor shape sometimes outputs escape sequences
Inspired by this answer, I have the following in my vimrc:
augroup cursor
au!
autocmd VimEnter * silent !echo -ne "\e[1 q"
augroup end
However, this sometimes prints the following on startup:...
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Run commands before and after a buffer is externally changed
Imagine I have a Vim buffer open and the file is changed externally (example: I switched git branches or the file was just edited normally).
Any time that happens, I want to have 2 commands run. The ...
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Jump to last position when using vim netrw to open a file
I am looking to jump automatically to the last position in any file that I open.
I have in my ~/.vimrc file:
autocmd BufReadPost * ...
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How to match file pattern, with extension, not containing a specific word?
I'm trying to use autocmd BufNewFile to like so:
autocmd BufNewFile \(.*_spec\)\@!.rb 0r ~/vim/skeleton.rb
autocmd BufNewFile *_spec.rb 0r ~/vim/skeleton_spec.rb
So, I want the first ...
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Run pdflatex in vim without a pop-up window
I currently have this autocommand in my vimrc:
autocmd BufWritePost *.tex silent! execute "!pdflatex %" | redraw!
It compiles my current LaTeX file whenever I save with :w. However, a terminal ...
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Automatically save a file that has been previously saved
I am new to vim and was wondering if there is a way for files that have already been manually saved to be automatically saved (every few seconds). I currently make a lot of new files (for testing ...
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Is there a way to tell what autocmds have run?
If the autocmd has an obvious side effect, this is not too hard to tell; but sometimes the result is more subtle and it would be nice to just see "Hey, here's all the autocmds that ran on startup." I ...
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How to match autocmd pattern for unique file
I'm trying to make autocommands that will run only when the buffer is a man page (:Man) but I can't get the right pattern as i'm not too familiar with regexp and globs. here's what i've tried so far:
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autocmd for markdown textwidth=100 failing
I want to set my markdown files to have textwidth=100 but cannot get it working. The strange thing is that it works sometimes and sometimes not. My autocmd is:
augroup auFileTypes
autocmd! ...
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BufRead autocmd error for “*.*” and E45
I have vim version 7.4.1689. It was running quite smoothly. But recently I noticed a problem that I didn't have before. Whenever I run :help <something> in command mode the following error shows ...
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How to do a conditional key mapping dynamically?
I know that I can do a conditional key mapping by map-expression:
map [key] [condition] ? [foo] : [bar]
But now my situation is somehow awkward. I want to map <C-h> to <C-w>h if I have ...
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Preventing autocmds from being redundantly repeated
I'm trying to figure out what is the proper way to prevent autocmds from being redundantly repeated.
Here are articles which I have already read:
Remove augroups around autocmds in .vimrc (related ...
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Exclamation mark after autocommands
I'm trying to understand what does exclamation mark after autocommands mean.
Sometimes it is possible to see something like this:
function! LangSpecificOptions()
if (&filetype == 'markdown' || ...
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Why does this autocommand works on neovim but not on vim?
I have this little augroup that contains a simple autocommand
that hides the /home/devs/ text on top of nerdtree:
augroup HideHOME
autocmd! FileType nerdtree
autocmd FileType nerdtree syntax ...
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Opening up most recent file automatically when vim is started without command line arguments
I have found myself falling into a workflow where I'm often starting vim by running $ vim and then opening up the most recent file once inside.
I was wondering how to detect:
when vim is launched
...
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How to print a message after `autocmd` is done
I'm using ctags to generate tag file so that I can jump to declaration or to definition while working with C/C++ project.
To make ctags work automatically while entering vim, I add such a line in my ...
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How can I make Vim not remember a command?
I have set up an autocommand, that makes some changes to the file I'm working on, whenever I save. Everything works nice and dandy, except one thing.
Whenever I save, and press . afterwards, or undo ...
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Unmapping filetype mappings
I'm trying to unmap some key sequences mapped by python filetype plugin. While I know a better way, I'm still curious if it can be done with autocommands. Here's what I've got so far:
augroup ...
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alternative of `BufWinLeave` autocmd that triggers when buffer goes invisible from the screen
The BufWinLeave event is not trigger when the buffer is still visible in another window, which includes the case when it is shown in a window in another tab. This is a annoying since only visible in ...
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Why can't I paste commands into vi?
I've been using vi for 40 years. A week ago I upgraded; Disaster struck!
The upgrade was to
VIM - Vi IMproved 8.0 (2016 Sep 12, compiled Mar 4 2018 23:38:28)
I run this on xterm under Cygwin (...
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How to use a regexp to search/match specific pattern only for the custom statusline and/or tabline?
I got this regexp from google which is for matching specific glyphs in vim-nerdtree.
autocmd FileType nerdtree syntax match {hl-group} /\v{glyph}/ containedin=ALL
But obviously it won't work on ...
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In autocmd-patterns, how to match a vim variable?
In my .vimrc, I want to execute a bash file test.sh when I save a specific file, say test.txt.
However, both files are in /long/list/of/folders/which/makes/an/ugly/looking/line/.
Hence I would like ...
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Automatic highlighting non ASCII character when loading 'vim' filetype buffer
I want to include a new highlight group and autocommand that will automatically highlight non-ASCIIs as soon as either a vimscript or a Python file is loaded in buffer (i.e. any file with filetype '...
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Beep upon using a mapping
Well, I try to use the following convention.
± (as unused key) is used for increase search where / is used for regular search.
The implementation:
set noincsearch
nmap ± <esc>:set ...
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autocmd changes only applying to new files
I've been going through learn vim the hard way and am currently adding abbreviations via autocmd.
I've added the following to my .vimrc
augroup outputs
autocmd!
autocmd FileType php :...
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1answer
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Using Pandoc with vim keybindings
I am trying to define a keymapping in vimrc to compile my markdown file with Pandoc.
So I am using this:
autocmd FileType markdown nmap <F9> :!pandoc % -o %:r.pdf <cr>
But, in markdown ...
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C++: different auto-indentation for function protoypes versus continuation lines
I have the following options setup for C++ and Python development in vim:
autocmd BufEnter *.cpp setlocal tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 textwidth=80 noexpandtab cindent cinoptions=:0,l1,t0,g0,(...
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How to un-silent exec in vim only if there is an error?
I have a few hotkeys mapped in my .vimrc (see below) for compiling and running autohotkey scripts but I can either be annoyed by the quest for the any key or I can run them silent and be unaware if ...
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the matching pattern for TabClosed autocmd
If I want to setup a TabClosed autocmd for a specific tab page only, what should I do?
Can I use the autocmd {pat} argument? Is this {pat} still matched against the filename?
Moreover, the t: ...
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Does FileType only works when vim acctually knowns the type by default?
I need to mapping some action only for the feature file (which end with .feature)
I've tried autocmd FileType feature nnoremap .... in the vimrc, but it won't work when I editing the feature file ...
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Statusline – update variables on file change
I'm currently learning Vimscript, but I'm stuck at a particular problem.
I'm creating a statusline which shows the full path (~) of the file currently displayed in the buffer. Instead of just using %...
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Put error into quickfix window
I can customize some error display in my file like highlight all white space at the end of each line by:
:match ErrorMsg /\s\+$/
Can I put all the error I found into quickfix windows that I can go ...
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What is making my configuration enter operator pending mode on new session? [duplicate]
I've been reading through Learn Vimscript the Hard Way and trying some exercises. When I got into the autocommands/autogroups part, I've thought of creating an autocommand to automatically trim ...
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How can I automatically preform operations when a vim *window* is resized?
I'm setting up NeoFormat/ALEfix-style code reformatting, and I'd really like to have it automatically and fluidly reformat the code as the window is resized. This is possible for whole-viewport vim-...
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Vim not recognizing markdown and tex files
Here is a sample of my .vimrc, that doesn't do a thing (the autocmd does not work) when I open a .md or .tex file, but works fine for .py files:
augroup filetype_python
autocmd FileType python ...
