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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Why should I use augroup?
I understand how auto commands work, and how to use them, but I'm somewhat unsure of what augroup is for. I read in :help augroup
*:aug* *:augroup*
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What is the order of WinEnter, BufEnter, BufRead, Syntax, FileType events?
I've gone through the autocmd.txt help, but the information about this is scattered and not always present (eg. with BufRead).
Could someone who understands this well list the order of these events -...
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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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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 do I add skeleton text to new vim files?
I use Vim for writing C++, and I have quite a few #include<> statements, comments, etc. that I must include in each new file I create. I've added
autocmd BufNewFile *.cpp r C:\(full file path ...
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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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How do I run a command on creation of a new file?
I'm aiming to make scripts I write in a certain directory (or of a certain extension) automatically executable on creation. I can do this whenever a file is written to, using the following autocmd:
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How to set a local variable for a plugin in a BufNewFile autocmd
I currently have
autocmd BufRead *.sage
\ set filetype=python |
\ let b:syntastic_skip_checks=1
which works as intended (sage files are treated as Python, but with Syntastic disabled)...
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Fire autocmd FileType on current buffers in windows
Context
I have shortcuts to edit my vimrc and to source my vimrc. When I'm writing code I can quickly add a new mapping and then source vimrc. And all that would be good if I did not use autocmd ...
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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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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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How do I save a file in a directory that does not yet exist?
Suppose I start Vim to edit a new file in a directory that is not yet created:
vim nonExisitingDirectory/newFile.txt
Vim will happily show me an empty buffer and I can start writing my new file. But ...
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Disable syntax highlighting depending on file size and type
I often have to edit various XML files with vim, which vary wildly in size - from configuration files containing a few hunded lines to production data files with sizes up to 2GB. Having syntax ...
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Is it possible to easily work with .odt, .doc, .docx, .rtf, and other non-plain-text formats in Vim?
Occasionally someone sends me a .odt, .doc, and .docx file; opening them in OpenOffice is always a pain because, well, OpenOffice.
Right now I use a variety of commandline tools (such as odt2txt) to ...
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How do I define an autocommand to work on all files excepted a certain filetype?
For example, I have the following autocommand definition:
augroup cursorline
autocmd!
autocmd WinLeave,BufLeave * set nocursorline
autocmd WinEnter,BufEnter * set cursorline
augroup end
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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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Prevent FocusGained autocmd running in command line editing mode
I have the following in my vimrc to automatically reload a buffer:
" Triger `autoread` when files changes on disk
" https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/383044/143394
autocmd FocusGained,BufEnter,...
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Why don't I get syntax highlighting when I open a file in an autocmd?
While trying to devise a solution to How do I make vim look in a set of directories for a file, if it doesn't exist in the current directory?, I have got so far using Python:
function LookupFiles ...
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Is there an autocmd-like event for when operator pending mode is entered?
I'd like to make a plugin to display currently pending keys while in operator-pending mode. As the first part of that, how would I register an autocmd to run when operator-pending mode is entered? I'm ...
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How do I elegantly override file type detection patterns with more specific patterns
I have a file in my ~/.vim/ftdetect directory, which includes configuration such as:
autocmd BufRead,BufNewFile,BufWritePost .envrc.template set filetype=sh
However, I also have the vim-polyglot ...
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Remove augroups around autocmds in .vimrc
For each autocmd (or set of related autocommands) in my .vimrc I currently define an augroup to prevent having multiple autocommands when I re-source my .vimrc. I do not need the augroup for anything ...
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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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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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Is there a way to AND events in the autocmd?
I'd like to trigger an autocmd on two events but not in a way it is usually done, i.e. if either of the events happened then trigger an autocmd. I want to trigger it if both events happened.
For ...
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Suppress output from a Vim autocomand
I have an autocommand defined in my vimrc:
au BufWritePost * !./make.sh
The script make.sh compiles a .tex file 3 times and I don't want the output to be displayed.
Is there a way to suppress the ...
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How can I run an autocmd when starting Vim with no file, a non-existing file, or a blank file (but not when starting with an existing file)?
I would like to run an autocmd in the following scenarios when I start Vim:
With no filename specified.
When the file is new.
When the file exists but is completely blank.
In all of the above three ...
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How can I stop Vim from writing a file without throwing an error?
I'm trying to improve the code from this answer to ask for confirmation before creating the missing directory, this is what I write:
function! CreateDirectoryAskConfirmation(path)
if !isdirectory(...
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How can I automatically center first search result?
I want to have the very first search result centered on the screen. I know about :nnoremap n nzz mapping, but it only works for centering next matches, not the first.
I thought that maybe I could use ...
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What does an `autocmd User` do?
I switched to vim-plug recently. In the README, there's this snippet for using YouCompleteMe with vim-plug:
" Code to execute when the plugin is loaded on demand
Plug 'Valloric/YouCompleteMe', { 'for'...
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The first and last 5 lines of a file? Use for file specific spell ignore list?
Rumor has reached me that it is possible to place vim commands in the first five, or in the last five lines of a a file. But, I could not find this in Google. Any leads would be appreciated.
I ...
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autocmd with quickfix window
How can set BufEnter or WinEnter autocmds for entering quickfix window?
I tried
autocmd WinEnter quickfix echo 'winenter'
autocmd BufEnter quickfix echo 'bufenter'
None of them works. I doubt that ...
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Writing modified buffer to a temporary file
I'd like to write the modified buffer I'm currently editing to a temporary file periodically. In the background I could then, for example, use external tools to analyze the file.
I don't want to ...
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Switching to the local directory after loading a file?
When running gvim by double clicking with a file in a graphical file manager, like nautilus, the vim instance is called with a strange current directory (seems root sometime, but I am not sure). This ...
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Run file though a command when opening from Explore
I have configured vim to automatically decompile ".class" files similar to the instructions in: http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/VimTip54.
I have made a minor change to use cfr_0_115 as below:
augr class
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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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Different autocmd behavior when using --remote-tab-silent?
This question is a follow-up to Switching to the local directory after loading a file?
I have the following in my .vimrc:
autocmd BufReadPost *.tex lchdir %:p:h
with the intent of setting the ...
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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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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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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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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 on directory to replace netrw
I use the ranger plugin wich I can trigger with a shortcut. But when I open a directory I would like to use the plugin instead of netrw.
So I have found that the filetype of directories is netrw, ...
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Selectively enable a subset of vim plugins for specific category of workflows (plugin virtualenv for vim projects)
I use vim for many different categories of projects, typically:
Writing code (3 languages, python, Matlab and C)
Writing documentation ( .rst, .html)
Writing reports (.tex)
Readme file (.md)
As a ...
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Run autocmd when creating/deleting a buffer
I have two functions tex#PDFOpen() and tex#PDFClose() to automatically open and close the pdf file created by a TeX document.
The way I assign them to autocommands is via the following autogroup in ~/....
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Mapping specific for diff mode and vimdiff
My idea is that whenever &diff is true for a buffer, I would like some mappings to be active when that buffer is the current buffer.
The following attempt works for when I open a session in diff ...
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Modify the path of a file be opened
I am trying to write a function that runs before a new file is created, or an existing file is opened. What I would like to do is edit the path to the file which is being opened depending on the path.
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Where do filetype-specific autocommands live?
I have a plugin for a specific filetype (*.tex), and I'm wondering where I can find all the commands which are executed when I type :e examplefile.tex? In general, is there a standardized practice for ...
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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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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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Is it correct that between a CmdlineLeave and a CmdwinEnter there must be a CmdlineEnter?
Given
augroup Dummy
autocmd!
autocmd CmdLineEnter / echom "CmdLineEnter /"
autocmd CmdwinLeave / echom "CmdwinLeave /"
autocmd CmdLineLeave / echom "CmdLineLeave /&...
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How do I set spelling and spelling highlight for markdown files?
When I do this:
:set spell spelllang=en_us
:hi SpellBad cterm=underline
It underlines the spell on markdown. I just need this auto command on markdown files.
If I put these commands in my .vimrc, and ...
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