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 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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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 ...
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Vim autocommand based on username - print message
I have a function in my bashrc that checks if a file is writable with [ -w "$1" ]. If it is, I open it with vim normally. If it's not, I open with sudo via sudo env HOME="$HOME" vim -u ~/.vimrc "$1" ...
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Renaming an augroup in vimrc
Let's say I rename a augroup in my vimrc; what happens then? Do the autocmds inside that augroup get loaded twice? For example, let's say I rename the following augroup
augroup testgroup
autocmd!
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Dynamically toggle formatoptions based on input
Question: Is there a way to control the indentation + comment leader input, when adding a new line?
Details: I am trying to set formatoptions-=cro when inserting a new line (in specific syntax region)...
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autocmd buffer local mapping if not *.py file
As the title stated
autocmd BufRead,BufNewFile not-py-file nnoremap <buffer> <F3> :call some_func<CR>
is what I want to acheive, but I don't know how to implement that not-py-file ...
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Substitute all tabs with four blank spaces
The following command will substitute all tabs in a file with four blank spaces:
%s/\t/ /g
In order to run this command whenever I open a new file I included it in my .vimrc by adding:
autocmd ...
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Disable paste mode entirely
I get what paste mode does for you, but I have never found it particularly useful. I would like to completely deactivate it. I don't see an option to do so when looking at :help paste. However, I ...
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How vim doesn't expand Ex commands in autocmd?
I'm trying to pass a command to 'vim-tmux-runner' on each file save with au bellow.
autocmd FileWritePost,BufWritePost *.py :VtrSendCommandToRunner python manage.py test <afile>:p:h:t
Where:
:...
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Strange behaviour of autocmd
After starting neovim with nvim -u NONE,
why do the following commands
:term
:au BufWinEnter,WinEnter <buffer> startinsert
:tabnew
leave me in insert mode in the new tab, and how can I avoid ...
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How to use “FocusGained” to stop my cursor from moving
I tend to use GVim a lot. Very frequently, I'll click on some other window and then when I click on vim to regain focus, my cursor will end up in some random location depending on where I clicked. I ...
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Lint when finished writing a line
How could I have ale lint when finishing typing a line? Maybe on new line?
let g:ale_lint_on_text_changed = 'never'
autocmd NewLine ALELint
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Unable to detect filetype which is set forcefully inside a custom plugin
I have following line in my vimrc-
autocmd BufRead,BufNewFile *.COB,*.PCO set filetype=cobol "force filetype as cobol for .COB and .PCO files
And I have put below lines in my custom plugin at the ...
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formatoptions for hybrid (short markup + long paragraphs) content
I am trying to write my PhD thesis in vim using LaTeX
So the documents will have two distinct types of content - markups that are relatively short, and paragraph text that is rather long.
\begin{...
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How to not trigger InsertLeave inside an imap?
When you want to leave insert mode, it's possible to avoid to trigger the InsertLeave event by
pressing Ctrl-C instead of Esc.
But when I try to use this method inside an insert mapping, it still ...
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autocmd! tries to parse comment
The docs say:
:autocmd adds to the list of autocommands regardless of whether they are
already present. When your .vimrc file is sourced twice, the autocommands
will appear twice. To avoid ...
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Clear ALL autocommands
I have many autocommands in my vimrc. Some of them do have the augroup wrapping to make them not duplicate when re-sourcing the vimrc, but many do not.
Rather than try to wrap all of them at this ...
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Using `TabEnter` and `FileType` in the same `autocmd`
I would like to set set spell whenever I open a tex file.
My first attempt is
autocmd FileType tex setlocal spell
I am using setlocal here because I may open other files in new tabs after opening a ...
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How does one automatically run a function when any error message appears?
I would like to play sounds for accessibility reasons. Do I need to patch and compile (neo)vim to provide some sort of OnError autocmd?
edit: more generically I'm looking for a way to hook into ...
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Delay before running vim command?
This is probably just a bandaid for a greater problem, but I had the following code for MacVim (GUI mode) in my .vimrc
autocmd GUIEnter * winpos 100 50
The problem is it's not working properly on ...
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Vim never shows line number for Python files even though I have `.vimrc`
I found it strange that I can never have Vim show line number automatically for .py files, even if I have this as my ~/.vimrc
set background=dark
autocmd FileType py,c set number
Strangely enough, ...
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How do you clear highlighting if you edit text?
I find it obnoxious that highlight search stays on until you manually turn it off. If I have edited some text after searching, 99% of the time that means I found what I was looking for and I don't ...
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Focus on file when when opening when permanent window for file explorer is enabled
I have a permanent window for file explorer enabled by netrw_altv=1 option. The problem is that when I run vim with file or directory as an argument the window with file explorer is focused. How can I ...
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Deleting an autocmd after it's run
I have this function that I rarely run and it uses matchaddpos. This function highlights at a set position so if I edit text, the same spot is highlighted even though the contents have shifted. I ...
