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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Usage of a autocmd to write into a buffer - E523: Not allowed here
I am trying to make a plugin, which will be displaying a content of registers in the side bar and updating this side bar at every register's changing.
To accomplish this task I decided to set a hook ...
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Autocmd pattern to match empty file/no filename
Say I want to match a buffer with no filename.
I can use the pattern *, then manually check the filename, like autocmd myVimrc BufEnter * if @% == "" | echom 'blank filename' | endif
Is there a ...
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Which event is triggered by deleting a character with the x key?
I have written a vimscript function. I want to use autocmd to call this function when a character is deleted with the x key. But autocmd requires an event name. Which event is triggered when a ...
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Abbreviations for local filtype buffers only
After typing tds I would like to see it replaced with the current time stamp in Markdown files, but eg. NOT while editing C source code.
The following mostly works (stripped for brevity) except that ...
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Preventing an autocmd from overriding last cmd - :<bang><bang> (:!!)
I have an autocmd set up like this:
au BufWritePost *.sh,*.zsh,.zshrc silent exec "!ctags --language-force=sh %"
When I run :!!<cr> after saving a file, the command !ctags --language-force=sh %...
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Split window size change event
Couldn't find anything in autocommand-events, but is there may be a way to be notified if window split size was changed (with mouse or with C-w +)?
What I try to achieve is to be able to auto-save ...
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How to override ftplugin set commands in Neovim
One thing I hate about a lot of the default Vim plugins is that they add o to formatoptions. In Vim I would get around this by using au FileType * set formatoptions-=o in my vimrc, but for some reason ...
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FileType autocommand not working in Neovim
My init.vim is just
au FileType * echom "test"
However, if I open a file, neovim-qt will not echo test. If I load a new file while the window is open, it will also not work.
I have managed to find ...
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How do I trim whitespace automatically?
I've been doing this:
au BufRead,BufWrite * if ! &bin | silent! %s/\s\+$//ge | endif
The problem is that it moves the cursor sometimes when I save the file.
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How do I tell vim to detect when a new file was created and do some action? [closed]
What I want to achieve is simply set up some auto command that will detect anytime I create a new file and based on the name of the file I want to insert a couple of lines of text in that file. So if ...
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How to handle a drag & drop event in vim in order to paste the file path instead of opening it
I would like to handle a drag & drop event of a file into gvim in order to insert the file name into the buffer I am dropping it. This should happen only when such file is an image, e.g. .png, or ....
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How can I access buffer variables from BufUnload/BufDelete?
vimdoc says:
BufUnload
Before unloading a buffer.
...
NOTE: When this autocommand is executed, the
current buffer "%" may be different from the
buffer being unloaded "<afile>".
Don't change ...
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Autocmd treat user defined command differently?
This works fine:
augroup au_test | au!
autocmd BufNew * if 1 | echom 123 | endif
augroup end
But this doesn't work:
com Test echom 123
augroup au_test | au!
autocmd BufNew * if 1 | Test | endif
...
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Saving a scratch buffer
I currently use scratch buffers a lot for various uses such as when I read from STDIN to quickly analyze some data or take some very temporary notes. That way I don't have to worry about a swap file ...
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Vim auto save buffer on Tmux `select-pane`
How to make (N)Vim auto save buffer on Tmux select-pane? In my vimrc I tried:
" Auto save when buffer lose focus
autocmd FocusLost,BufLeave * silent! wa
" Save on buffer change
set autowrite
But ...
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mutually exclusive Autocommands for similar file extensions
I have a couple of autocmds in my vim config along the lines of this (the actual commands are quite long):
au BufWritePost *.latex.md silent! ...
au BufWritePost *.md silent! ...
where ...
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How to profile save time
Sometimes it takes a really long time to save a file out. Saving the same file after various changes takes various amounts of time. It does not seem to be related to file size.
I've disabled any ...
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Auto Command fails with file plugin command
I have following line in my .nvimrc
au! BufWritePost *.elm ElmMake
Each time I save an elm file vim tells me that this command does not exist.
However I am able to run this command in command more ...
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autocommand within conditional autocommand
I have an autocommand that is supposed to register a different autocommand whenever I enter a buffer where a certain condition is met:
let w:contextlist_open = 1
augroup LaunchShowContext
...
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Call a function after inserting a newline
In insert mode, I want to call some function if <Enter> was typed.
I tried InsertCharPre but it did not work.
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Save buffer before opening new file
When I'm in a modified buffer and try to open a file using :e otherFile I get
E37: No write since last change (add ! to override)
Since this happens fairly often, I'd like to automatically save ...
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How to echo a message in BufWritePost so that it writes over the “~/.foo xxxL, xxC written” status message?
Say I write an autocommand for a particular file to do something when I save it, such as
autocmd BufWritePost .Xresources silent! execute 'xrdb ~/.Xresources'
I'm doing it with silent! execute, ...
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Avoiding unwanted TextChanged events to avoid 'modified' (hex editing)
Huh?
From this interesting
post, I took the
idea to incorporate xxd into vim a little more nicely than the usual %!xxd.
So I started structuring the code and testing. (It's a first draft.)
Link to ...
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Behaviour of BufEnter
In neovim, open two different buffers as follows (using :vnew, for example):
*--------------*--------------*
| | |
| 1 | 2 |
| | ...
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I want to save my typescript file, and immediately run tsc myfile.ts from inside vim. What is the best way to accomplish this?
I am building a daemon, and nodemon currently monitors a file called server.js, which is compiled from the file I am working on, server.ts
In order to compile server.ts, after saving with :w, I need ...
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Is it more efficient to use one function instead of multiple autocommands?
I have a lot of lines with with filetype-specific autocommands defining mappings and abbreviations, which looks like this:
augroup vimrc
au!
...
au FileType blah nnoremap <buffer> aa bb
au ...
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vim8 - why does my 0read not read? [closed]
I have the following function in an autoload file:
function! closet#FindSkeletonForFile()
if exists('b:closet_skeleton')
return 0
endif
let b:closet_skeleton = s:closet....
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Unable to conditionally test for presence of a plugin command & invoke it
I have the following code in my vimrc
if exists(":Goyo")
augroup LatexGoyo
autocmd!
autocmd BufReadPost,BufNewFile *.tex Goyo
augroup END
else
augroup LatexColumnSet
...
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Autocmd commands for sharing terminal when open new tab
I was trying to create a trigger that does the following:
When opening a new tab with a file, if there already exists a terminal buffer, it is opened below in this new tab.
I have seen in logfiles ...
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Override indentation settings with autocmd
When editing Typescript neovim automatically sets indentexpr=GetTypescriptIndent(). I don't like the way it aligns to
an open brace instead of inserting a (soft) tab or two, but it doesn't seem to be ...
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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 ...
