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*autocmd.txt* For Vim version 9.1. Last change: 2023 May 20 VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar Automatic commands *autocommand* *autocommands* For a basic explanation, see section |40.3| in the user manual. 1. Introduction |autocmd-intro| 2. Defining autocommands |autocmd-define| 3. Removing autocommands |autocmd-remove| 4. Listing autocommands |autocmd-list| 5. Events |autocmd-events| 6. Patterns |autocmd-patterns| 7. Buffer-local autocommands |autocmd-buflocal| 8. Groups |autocmd-groups| 9. Executing autocommands |autocmd-execute| 10. Using autocommands |autocmd-use| 11. Disabling autocommands |autocmd-disable| ============================================================================== 1. Introduction *autocmd-intro* You can specify commands to be executed automatically when reading or writing a file, when entering or leaving a buffer or window, and when exiting Vim. For example, you can create an autocommand to set the 'cindent' option for files matching *.c. You can also use autocommands to implement advanced features, such as editing compressed files (see |gzip-example|). The usual place to put autocommands is in your .vimrc or .exrc file. *E203* *E204* *E143* *E855* *E937* *E952* WARNING: Using autocommands is very powerful, and may lead to unexpected side effects. Be careful not to destroy your text. - It's a good idea to do some testing on an expendable copy of a file first. For example: If you use autocommands to decompress a file when starting to edit it, make sure that the autocommands for compressing when writing work correctly. - Be prepared for an error halfway through (e.g., disk full). Vim will mostly be able to undo the changes to the buffer, but you may have to clean up the changes to other files by hand (e.g., compress a file that has been decompressed). - If the BufRead* events allow you to edit a compressed file, the FileRead* events should do the same (this makes recovery possible in some rare cases). It's a good idea to use the same autocommands for the File* and Buf* events when possible. Recommended use: - Always use a group, so that it's easy to delete the autocommand. - Keep the command itself short, call a function to do more work. - Make it so that the script it is defined in can be sourced several times without the autocommand being repeated. Example in Vim9 script: > autocmd_add({replace: true, group: 'DemoGroup', event: 'BufEnter', pattern: '*.txt', cmd: 'call DemoBufEnter()' }) In legacy script: > call autocmd_add(#{replace: v:true, \ group: 'DemoGroup', \ event: 'BufEnter', \ pattern: '*.txt', \ cmd: 'call DemoBufEnter()' \ }) ============================================================================== 2. Defining autocommands *autocmd-define* *:au* *:autocmd* :au[tocmd] [group] {event} {aupat} [++once] [++nested] {cmd} Add {cmd} to the list of commands that Vim will execute automatically on {event} for a file matching {aupat} |autocmd-patterns|. Here {event} cannot be "*". *E1155* Note: A quote character is seen as argument to the :autocmd and won't start a comment. Vim always adds the {cmd} after existing autocommands, so that the autocommands execute in the order in which they were given. See |autocmd-nested| for [++nested]. "nested" (without the ++) can also be used, for backwards compatibility, but not in |Vim9| script. *E1078* *autocmd-once* If [++once] is supplied the command is executed once, then removed ("one shot"). The special pattern <buffer> or <buffer=N> defines a buffer-local autocommand. See |autocmd-buflocal|. If the `:autocmd` is in Vim9 script (a script that starts with `:vim9script` and in a `:def` function) then {cmd} will be executed as in Vim9 script. Thus this depends on where the autocmd is defined, not where it is triggered. *:autocmd-block* {cmd} can be a block, like with `:command`, see |:command-repl|. Example: > au BufReadPost *.xml { setlocal matchpairs+=<:> /<start } The |autocmd_add()| function can be used to add a list of autocmds and autocmd groups from a Vim script. It is preferred if you have anything that would require using `:execute` with `:autocmd`. Note: The ":autocmd" command can only be followed by another command when the '|' appears where the pattern is expected. This works: > :augroup mine | au! BufRead | augroup END But this sees "augroup" as part of the defined command: > :augroup mine | au! BufRead * | augroup END :augroup mine | au BufRead * set tw=70 | augroup END Instead you can put the group name into the command: > :au! mine BufRead * :au mine BufRead * set tw=70 Or use `:execute`: > :augroup mine | exe "au! BufRead *" | augroup END :augroup mine | exe "au BufRead * set tw=70" | augroup END < *autocmd-expand* Note that special characters (e.g., "%", "<cword>") in the ":autocmd" arguments are not expanded when the autocommand is defined. These will be expanded when the Event is recognized, and the {cmd} is executed. The only exception is that "<sfile>" is expanded when the autocmd is defined. Example: > :au BufNewFile,BufRead *.html so <sfile>:h/html.vim Here Vim expands <sfile> to the name of the file containing this line. `: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 this, define your autocommands in a group, so that you can easily clear them: > augroup vimrc " Remove all vimrc autocommands autocmd! au BufNewFile,BufRead *.html so <sfile>:h/html.vim augroup END If you don't want to remove all autocommands, you can instead use a variable to ensure that Vim includes the autocommands only once: > :if !exists("autocommands_loaded") : let autocommands_loaded = 1 : au ... :endif When the [group] argument is not given, Vim uses the current group (as defined with ":augroup"); otherwise, Vim uses the group defined with [group]. Note that [group] must have been defined before. You cannot define a new group with ":au group ..."; use ":augroup" for that. While testing autocommands, you might find the 'verbose' option to be useful: > :set verbose=9 This setting makes Vim echo the autocommands as it executes them. When defining an autocommand in a script, it will be able to call functions local to the script and use mappings local to the script. When the event is triggered and the command executed, it will run in the context of the script it was defined in. This matters if |<SID>| is used in a command. When executing the commands, the message from one command overwrites a previous message. This is different from when executing the commands manually. Mostly the screen will not scroll up, thus there is no hit-enter prompt. When one command outputs two messages this can happen anyway. ============================================================================== 3. Removing autocommands *autocmd-remove* In addition to the below described commands, the |autocmd_delete()| function can be used to remove a list of autocmds and autocmd groups from a Vim script. :au[tocmd]! [group] {event} {aupat} [++once] [++nested] {cmd} Remove all autocommands associated with {event} and {aupat}, and add the command {cmd}. See |autocmd-once| for [++once]. See |autocmd-nested| for [++nested]. :au[tocmd]! [group] {event} {aupat} Remove all autocommands associated with {event} and {aupat}. :au[tocmd]! [group] * {aupat} Remove all autocommands associated with {aupat} for all events. :au[tocmd]! [group] {event} Remove ALL autocommands for {event}. Warning: You should not do this without a group for |BufRead| and other common events, it can break plugins, syntax highlighting, etc. :au[tocmd]! [group] Remove ALL autocommands. Note: a quote will be seen as argument to the :autocmd and won't start a comment. Warning: You should normally not do this without a group, it breaks plugins, syntax highlighting, etc. When the [group] argument is not given, Vim uses the current group (as defined with ":augroup"); otherwise, Vim uses the group defined with [group]. ============================================================================== 4. Listing autocommands *autocmd-list* :au[tocmd] [group] {event} {aupat} Show the autocommands associated with {event} and {aupat}. :au[tocmd] [group] * {aupat} Show the autocommands associated with {aupat} for all events. :au[tocmd] [group] {event} Show all autocommands for {event}. :au[tocmd] [group] Show all autocommands. If you provide the [group] argument, Vim lists only the autocommands for [group]; otherwise, Vim lists the autocommands for ALL groups. Note that this argument behavior differs from that for defining and removing autocommands. In order to list buffer-local autocommands, use a pattern in the form <buffer> or <buffer=N>. See |autocmd-buflocal|. The |autocmd_get()| function can be used from a Vim script to get a list of autocmds. *:autocmd-verbose* When 'verbose' is non-zero, listing an autocommand will also display where it was last defined. Example: > :verbose autocmd BufEnter FileExplorer BufEnter * call s:LocalBrowse(expand("<amatch>")) Last set from /usr/share/vim/vim-7.0/plugin/NetrwPlugin.vim < See |:verbose-cmd| for more information. ============================================================================== 5. Events *autocmd-events* *E215* *E216* You can specify a comma-separated list of event names. No white space can be used in this list. The command applies to all the events in the list. For READING FILES there are four kinds of events possible: BufNewFile starting to edit a non-existent file BufReadPre BufReadPost starting to edit an existing file FilterReadPre FilterReadPost read the temp file with filter output FileReadPre FileReadPost any other file read Vim uses only one of these four kinds when reading a file. The "Pre" and "Post" events are both triggered, before and after reading the file. Note that the autocommands for the *ReadPre events and all the Filter events are not allowed to change the current buffer (you will get an error message if this happens). This is to prevent the file to be read into the wrong buffer. Note that the 'modified' flag is reset AFTER executing the BufReadPost and BufNewFile autocommands. But when the 'modified' option was set by the autocommands, this doesn't happen. You can use the 'eventignore' option to ignore a number of events or all events. *autocommand-events* *{event}* Vim recognizes the following events. Vim ignores the case of event names (e.g., you can use "BUFread" or "bufread" instead of "BufRead"). First an overview by function with a short explanation. Then the list alphabetically with full explanations |autocmd-events-abc|. Name triggered by ~ Reading |BufNewFile| starting to edit a file that doesn't exist |BufReadPre| starting to edit a new buffer, before reading the file |BufRead| starting to edit a new buffer, after reading the file |BufReadPost| starting to edit a new buffer, after reading the file |BufReadCmd| before starting to edit a new buffer |Cmd-event| |FileReadPre| before reading a file with a ":read" command |FileReadPost| after reading a file with a ":read" command |FileReadCmd| before reading a file with a ":read" command |Cmd-event| |FilterReadPre| before reading a file from a filter command |FilterReadPost| after reading a file from a filter command |StdinReadPre| before reading from stdin into the buffer |StdinReadPost| After reading from the stdin into the buffer Writing |BufWrite| starting to write the whole buffer to a file |BufWritePre| starting to write the whole buffer to a file |BufWritePost| after writing the whole buffer to a file |BufWriteCmd| before writing the whole buffer to a file |Cmd-event| |FileWritePre| starting to write part of a buffer to a file |FileWritePost| after writing part of a buffer to a file |FileWriteCmd| before writing part of a buffer to a file |Cmd-event| |FileAppendPre| starting to append to a file |FileAppendPost| after appending to a file |FileAppendCmd| before appending to a file |Cmd-event| |FilterWritePre| starting to write a file for a filter command or diff |FilterWritePost| after writing a file for a filter command or diff Buffers |BufAdd| just after adding a buffer to the buffer list |BufCreate| just after adding a buffer to the buffer list |BufDelete| before deleting a buffer from the buffer list |BufWipeout| before completely deleting a buffer |BufFilePre| before changing the name of the current buffer |BufFilePost| after changing the name of the current buffer |BufEnter| after entering a buffer |BufLeave| before leaving to another buffer |BufWinEnter| after a buffer is displayed in a window |BufWinLeave| before a buffer is removed from a window |BufUnload| before unloading a buffer |BufHidden| just before a buffer becomes hidden |BufNew| just after creating a new buffer |SwapExists| detected an existing swap file Options |FileType| when the 'filetype' option has been set |Syntax| when the 'syntax' option has been set |EncodingChanged| after the 'encoding' option has been changed |TermChanged| after the value of 'term' has changed |OptionSet| after setting any option Startup and exit |VimEnter| after doing all the startup stuff |GUIEnter| after starting the GUI successfully |GUIFailed| after starting the GUI failed |TermResponse| after the terminal response to |t_RV| is received |QuitPre| when using `:quit`, before deciding whether to exit |ExitPre| when using a command that may make Vim exit |VimLeavePre| before exiting Vim, before writing the viminfo file |VimLeave| before exiting Vim, after writing the viminfo file |VimSuspend| when suspending Vim |VimResume| when Vim is resumed after being suspended Terminal |TerminalOpen| after a terminal buffer was created |TerminalWinOpen| after a terminal buffer was created in a new window Various |FileChangedShell| Vim notices that a file changed since editing started |FileChangedShellPost| After handling a file changed since editing started |FileChangedRO| before making the first change to a read-only file |DiffUpdated| after diffs have been updated |DirChangedPre| before the working directory will change |DirChanged| after the working directory has changed |ShellCmdPost| after executing a shell command |ShellFilterPost| after filtering with a shell command |CmdUndefined| a user command is used but it isn't defined |FuncUndefined| a user function is used but it isn't defined |SpellFileMissing| a spell file is used but it can't be found |SourcePre| before sourcing a Vim script |SourcePost| after sourcing a Vim script |SourceCmd| before sourcing a Vim script |Cmd-event| |VimResized| after the Vim window size changed |FocusGained| Vim got input focus |FocusLost| Vim lost input focus |CursorHold| the user doesn't press a key for a while |CursorHoldI| the user doesn't press a key for a while in Insert mode |CursorMoved| the cursor was moved in Normal mode |CursorMovedI| the cursor was moved in Insert mode |WinNew| after creating a new window |TabNew| after creating a new tab page |WinClosed| after closing a window |TabClosed| after closing a tab page |WinEnter| after entering another window |WinLeave| before leaving a window |TabEnter| after entering another tab page |TabLeave| before leaving a tab page |CmdwinEnter| after entering the command-line window |CmdwinLeave| before leaving the command-line window |CmdlineChanged| after a change was made to the command-line text |CmdlineEnter| after the cursor moves to the command line |CmdlineLeave| before the cursor leaves the command line |InsertEnter| starting Insert mode |InsertChange| when typing <Insert> while in Insert or Replace mode |InsertLeave| when leaving Insert mode |InsertLeavePre| just before leaving Insert mode |InsertCharPre| when a character was typed in Insert mode, before inserting it |ModeChanged| after changing the mode |TextChanged| after a change was made to the text in Normal mode |TextChangedI| after a change was made to the text in Insert mode when popup menu is not visible |TextChangedP| after a change was made to the text in Insert mode when popup menu visible |TextChangedT| after a change was made to the text in Terminal mode |TextYankPost| after text has been yanked or deleted |SafeState| nothing pending, going to wait for the user to type a character |SafeStateAgain| repeated SafeState |ColorSchemePre| before loading a color scheme |ColorScheme| after loading a color scheme |RemoteReply| a reply from a server Vim was received |QuickFixCmdPre| before a quickfix command is run |QuickFixCmdPost| after a quickfix command is run |SessionLoadPost| after loading a session file |MenuPopup| just before showing the popup menu |CompleteChanged| after Insert mode completion menu changed |CompleteDonePre| after Insert mode completion is done, before clearing info |CompleteDone| after Insert mode completion is done, after clearing info |User| to be used in combination with ":doautocmd" |SigUSR1| after the SIGUSR1 signal has been detected |WinScrolled| after scrolling or resizing a window The alphabetical list of autocommand events: *autocmd-events-abc* *BufCreate* *BufAdd* BufAdd or BufCreate Just after creating a new buffer which is added to the buffer list, or adding a buffer to the buffer list. Also used just after a buffer in the buffer list has been renamed. Not triggered for the initial buffers created during startup. The BufCreate event is for historic reasons. NOTE: When this autocommand is executed, the current buffer "%" may be different from the buffer being created "<afile>". *BufDelete* BufDelete Before deleting a buffer from the buffer list. The BufUnload may be called first (if the buffer was loaded). Also used just before a buffer in the buffer list is renamed. NOTE: When this autocommand is executed, the current buffer "%" may be different from the buffer being deleted "<afile>" and "<abuf>". Don't change to another buffer, it will cause problems. *BufEnter* BufEnter After entering a buffer. Useful for setting options for a file type. Also executed when starting to edit a buffer, after the BufReadPost autocommands. *BufFilePost* BufFilePost After changing the name of the current buffer with the ":file" or ":saveas" command. *BufFilePre* BufFilePre Before changing the name of the current buffer with the ":file" or ":saveas" command. *BufHidden* BufHidden Just before a buffer becomes hidden. That is, when there are no longer windows that show the buffer, but the buffer is not unloaded or deleted. Not used for ":qa" or ":q" when exiting Vim. NOTE: When this autocommand is executed, the current buffer "%" may be different from the buffer being unloaded "<afile>". *BufLeave* BufLeave Before leaving to another buffer. Also when leaving or closing the current window and the new current window is not for the same buffer. Not used for ":qa" or ":q" when exiting Vim. *BufNew* BufNew Just after creating a new buffer. Also used just after a buffer has been renamed. When the buffer is added to the buffer list BufAdd will be triggered too. NOTE: When this autocommand is executed, the current buffer "%" may be different from the buffer being created "<afile>". *BufNewFile* BufNewFile When starting to edit a file that doesn't exist. Can be used to read in a skeleton file. *BufRead* *BufReadPost* BufRead or BufReadPost When starting to edit a new buffer, after reading the file into the buffer, before executing the modelines. See |BufWinEnter| for when you need to do something after processing the modelines. Also triggered: - when writing an unnamed buffer in a way that the buffer gets a name - after successfully recovering a file - for the filetypedetect group when executing ":filetype detect" Not triggered: - for the `:read file` command - when the file doesn't exist *BufReadCmd* BufReadCmd Before starting to edit a new buffer. Should read the file into the buffer. |Cmd-event| *BufReadPre* *E200* *E201* BufReadPre When starting to edit a new buffer, before reading the file into the buffer. Not used if the file doesn't exist. *BufUnload* BufUnload Before unloading a buffer. This is when the text in the buffer is going to be freed. This may be after a BufWritePost and before a BufDelete. Also used for all buffers that are loaded when Vim is going to exit. NOTE: When this autocommand is executed, the current buffer "%" may be different from the buffer being unloaded "<afile>". Don't change to another buffer or window, it will cause problems! When exiting and v:dying is 2 or more this event is not triggered. *BufWinEnter* BufWinEnter After a buffer is displayed in a window. This can be when the buffer is loaded (after processing the modelines) or when a hidden buffer is displayed in a window (and is no longer hidden). Does not happen for |:split| without arguments, since you keep editing the same buffer, or ":split" with a file that's already open in a window, because it re-uses an existing buffer. But it does happen for a ":split" with the name of the current buffer, since it reloads that buffer. Does not happen for a terminal window, because it starts in Terminal-Job mode and Normal mode commands won't work. Use |TerminalOpen| instead. *BufWinLeave* BufWinLeave Before a buffer is removed from a window. Not when it's still visible in another window. Also triggered when exiting. It's triggered before BufUnload or BufHidden. NOTE: When this autocommand is executed, the current buffer "%" may be different from the buffer being unloaded "<afile>". When exiting and v:dying is 2 or more this event is not triggered. *BufWipeout* BufWipeout Before completely deleting a buffer. The BufUnload and BufDelete events may be called first (if the buffer was loaded and was in the buffer list). Also used just before a buffer is renamed (also when it's not in the buffer list). NOTE: When this autocommand is executed, the current buffer "%" may be different from the buffer being deleted "<afile>". Don't change to another buffer, it will cause problems. *BufWrite* *BufWritePre* BufWrite or BufWritePre Before writing the whole buffer to a file. *BufWriteCmd* BufWriteCmd Before writing the whole buffer to a file. Should do the writing of the file and reset 'modified' if successful, unless '+' is in 'cpo' and writing to another file |cpo-+|. The buffer contents should not be changed. When the command resets 'modified' the undo information is adjusted to mark older undo states as 'modified', like |:write| does. |Cmd-event| *BufWritePost* BufWritePost After writing the whole buffer to a file (should undo the commands for BufWritePre). *CmdUndefined* CmdUndefined When a user command is used but it isn't defined. Useful for defining a command only when it's used. The pattern is matched against the command name. Both <amatch> and <afile> are set to the name of the command. NOTE: Autocompletion won't work until the command is defined. An alternative is to always define the user command and have it invoke an autoloaded function. See |autoload|. *CmdlineChanged* CmdlineChanged After a change was made to the text in the command line. Be careful not to mess up the command line, it may cause Vim to lock up. <afile> is set to a single character, indicating the type of command-line. |cmdwin-char| *CmdlineEnter* CmdlineEnter After moving the cursor to the command line, where the user can type a command or search string; including non-interactive use of ":" in a mapping, but not when using |<Cmd>|. The pattern is matched against the character representing the type of command-line. |cmdwin-char| <afile> is set to a single character, indicating the type of command-line. *CmdlineLeave* CmdlineLeave Before leaving the command line; including non-interactive use of ":" in a mapping, but not when using |<Cmd>|. Also when abandoning the command line, after typing CTRL-C or <Esc>. When the commands result in an error the command line is still executed. <afile> is set to a single character, indicating the type of command-line. |cmdwin-char| *CmdwinEnter* CmdwinEnter After entering the command-line window. Useful for setting options specifically for this special type of window. <afile> is set to a single character, indicating the type of command-line. |cmdwin-char| *CmdwinLeave* CmdwinLeave Before leaving the command-line window. Useful to clean up any global setting done with CmdwinEnter. <afile> is set to a single character, indicating the type of command-line. |cmdwin-char| *ColorScheme* ColorScheme After loading a color scheme. |:colorscheme| Not triggered if the color scheme is not found. The pattern is matched against the colorscheme name. <afile> can be used for the name of the actual file where this option was set, and <amatch> for the new colorscheme name. *ColorSchemePre* ColorSchemePre Before loading a color scheme. |:colorscheme| Useful to setup removing things added by a color scheme, before another one is loaded. CompleteChanged *CompleteChanged* After each time the Insert mode completion menu changed. Not fired on popup menu hide, use |CompleteDonePre| or |CompleteDone| for that. Never triggered recursively. Sets these |v:event| keys: completed_item See |complete-items|. height nr of items visible width screen cells row top screen row col leftmost screen column size total nr of items scrollbar TRUE if visible It is not allowed to change the text |textlock|. The size and position of the popup are also available by calling |pum_getpos()|. *CompleteDonePre* CompleteDonePre After Insert mode completion is done. Either when something was completed or abandoning completion. |ins-completion| |complete_info()| can be used, the info is cleared after triggering CompleteDonePre. The |v:completed_item| variable contains information about the completed item. *CompleteDone* CompleteDone After Insert mode completion is done. Either when something was completed or abandoning completion. |ins-completion| |complete_info()| cannot be used, the info is cleared before triggering CompleteDone. Use CompleteDonePre if you need it. The |v:completed_item| variable contains information about the completed item. *CursorHold* CursorHold When the user doesn't press a key for the time specified with 'updatetime'. Not triggered until the user has pressed a key (i.e. doesn't fire every 'updatetime' ms if you leave Vim to make some coffee. :) See |CursorHold-example| for previewing tags. This event is only triggered in Normal mode. It is not triggered when waiting for a command argument to be typed, or a movement after an operator. While recording the CursorHold event is not triggered. |q| *<CursorHold>* Internally the autocommand is triggered by the <CursorHold> key. In an expression mapping |getchar()| may see this character. Note: Interactive commands cannot be used for this event. There is no hit-enter prompt, the screen is updated directly (when needed). Note: In the future there will probably be another option to set the time. Hint: to force an update of the status lines use: > :let &ro = &ro < {only on Amiga, Unix, Win32 and all GUI versions} *CursorHoldI* CursorHoldI Just like CursorHold, but in Insert mode. Not triggered when waiting for another key, e.g. after CTRL-V, and not when in CTRL-X mode |insert_expand|. *CursorMoved* CursorMoved After the cursor was moved in Normal or Visual mode. Also when the text of the cursor line has been changed, e.g., with "x", "rx" or "p". Not always triggered when there is typeahead, while executing commands in a script file, when an operator is pending or when moving to another window while remaining at the same cursor position. For an example see |match-parens|. Note: This can not be skipped with `:noautocmd`. Careful: This is triggered very often, don't do anything that the user does not expect or that is slow. *CursorMovedI* CursorMovedI After the cursor was moved in Insert mode. Not triggered when the popup menu is visible. Otherwise the same as CursorMoved. *DiffUpdated* DiffUpdated After diffs have been updated. Depending on what kind of diff is being used (internal or external) this can be triggered on every change or when doing |:diffupdate|. *DirChangedPre* DirChangedPre The working directory is going to be changed, as with |DirChanged|. The pattern is like with |DirChanged|. The new directory can be found in v:event.directory. *DirChanged* DirChanged The working directory has changed in response to the |:cd| or |:tcd| or |:lcd| commands, or as a result of the 'autochdir' option. The pattern can be: "window" to trigger on `:lcd` "tabpage" to trigger on `:tcd` "global" to trigger on `:cd` "auto" to trigger on 'autochdir'. "drop" to trigger on editing a file <afile> is set to the new directory name. *EncodingChanged* EncodingChanged Fires off after the 'encoding' option has been changed. Useful to set up fonts, for example. *ExitPre* ExitPre When using `:quit`, `:wq` in a way it makes Vim exit, or using `:qall`, just after |QuitPre|. Can be used to close any non-essential window. Exiting may still be cancelled if there is a modified buffer that isn't automatically saved, use |VimLeavePre| for really exiting. *FileAppendCmd* FileAppendCmd Before appending to a file. Should do the appending to the file. Use the '[ and '] marks for the range of lines. |Cmd-event| *FileAppendPost* FileAppendPost After appending to a file. *FileAppendPre* FileAppendPre Before appending to a file. Use the '[ and '] marks for the range of lines. *FileChangedRO* FileChangedRO Before making the first change to a read-only file. Can be used to check-out the file from a source control system. Not triggered when the change was caused by an autocommand. This event is triggered when making the first change in a buffer or the first change after 'readonly' was set, just before the change is applied to the text. WARNING: If the autocommand moves the cursor the effect of the change is undefined. *E788* It is not allowed to change to another buffer here. You can reload the buffer but not edit another one. *E881* If the number of lines changes saving for undo may fail and the change will be aborted. *FileChangedShell* FileChangedShell When Vim notices that the modification time of a file has changed since editing started. Also when the file attributes of the file change or when the size of the file changes. |timestamp| Mostly triggered after executing a shell command, but also with a |:checktime| command or when gvim regains input focus. This autocommand is triggered for each changed file. It is not used when 'autoread' is set and the buffer was not changed. If a FileChangedShell autocommand is present the warning message and prompt is not given. The |v:fcs_reason| variable is set to indicate what happened and |v:fcs_choice| can be used to tell Vim what to do next. NOTE: When this autocommand is executed, the current buffer "%" may be different from the buffer that was changed, which is in "<afile>". NOTE: The commands must not change the current buffer, jump to another buffer or delete a buffer. *E246* *E811* NOTE: This event never nests, to avoid an endless loop. This means that while executing commands for the FileChangedShell event no other FileChangedShell event will be triggered. *FileChangedShellPost* FileChangedShellPost After handling a file that was changed outside of Vim. Can be used to update the statusline. *FileEncoding* FileEncoding Obsolete. It still works and is equivalent to |EncodingChanged|. *FileReadCmd* FileReadCmd Before reading a file with a ":read" command. Should do the reading of the file. |Cmd-event| *FileReadPost* FileReadPost After reading a file with a ":read" command. Note that Vim sets the '[ and '] marks to the first and last line of the read. This can be used to operate on the lines just read. *FileReadPre* FileReadPre Before reading a file with a ":read" command. *FileType* FileType When the 'filetype' option has been set. The pattern is matched against the filetype. <afile> can be used for the name of the file where this option was set, and <amatch> for the new value of 'filetype'. Navigating to another window or buffer is not allowed. See |filetypes|. *FileWriteCmd* FileWriteCmd Before writing to a file, when not writing the whole buffer. Should do the writing to the file. Should not change the buffer. Use the '[ and '] marks for the range of lines. |Cmd-event| *FileWritePost* FileWritePost After writing to a file, when not writing the whole buffer. *FileWritePre* FileWritePre Before writing to a file, when not writing the whole buffer. Use the '[ and '] marks for the range of lines. *FilterReadPost* FilterReadPost After reading a file from a filter command. Vim checks the pattern against the name of the current buffer as with FilterReadPre. Not triggered when 'shelltemp' is off. *FilterReadPre* *E135* FilterReadPre Before reading a file from a filter command. Vim checks the pattern against the name of the current buffer, not the name of the temporary file that is the output of the filter command. Not triggered when 'shelltemp' is off. *FilterWritePost* FilterWritePost After writing a file for a filter command or making a diff with an external diff (see |DiffUpdated| for internal diff). Vim checks the pattern against the name of the current buffer as with FilterWritePre. Not triggered when 'shelltemp' is off. *FilterWritePre* FilterWritePre Before writing a file for a filter command or making a diff with an external diff. Vim checks the pattern against the name of the current buffer, not the name of the temporary file that is the output of the filter command. Not triggered when 'shelltemp' is off. *FocusGained* FocusGained When Vim got input focus. Only for the GUI version and a few console versions where this can be detected. *FocusLost* FocusLost When Vim lost input focus. Only for the GUI version and a few console versions where this can be detected. May also happen when a dialog pops up. *FuncUndefined* FuncUndefined When a user function is used but it isn't defined. Useful for defining a function only when it's used. The pattern is matched against the function name. Both <amatch> and <afile> are set to the name of the function. Not triggered when compiling a |Vim9| function. NOTE: When writing Vim scripts a better alternative is to use an autoloaded function. See |autoload-functions|. *GUIEnter* GUIEnter After starting the GUI successfully, and after opening the window. It is triggered before VimEnter when using gvim. Can be used to position the window from a .gvimrc file: > :autocmd GUIEnter * winpos 100 50 < *GUIFailed* GUIFailed After starting the GUI failed. Vim may continue to run in the terminal, if possible (only on Unix and alikes, when connecting the X server fails). You may want to quit Vim: > :autocmd GUIFailed * qall < *InsertChange* InsertChange When typing <Insert> while in Insert or Replace mode. The |v:insertmode| variable indicates the new mode. Be careful not to move the cursor or do anything else that the user does not expect. *InsertCharPre* InsertCharPre When a character is typed in Insert mode, before inserting the char. The |v:char| variable indicates the char typed and can be changed during the event to insert a different character. When |v:char| is set to more than one character this text is inserted literally. It is not allowed to change the text |textlock|. The event is not triggered when 'paste' is set. {only with the +eval feature} *InsertEnter* InsertEnter Just before starting Insert mode. Also for Replace mode and Virtual Replace mode. The |v:insertmode| variable indicates the mode. Be careful not to do anything else that the user does not expect. The cursor is restored afterwards. If you do not want that set |v:char| to a non-empty string. *InsertLeavePre* InsertLeavePre Just before leaving Insert mode. Also when using CTRL-O |i_CTRL-O|. Be careful not to change mode or use `:normal`, it will likely cause trouble. *InsertLeave* InsertLeave Just after leaving Insert mode. Also when using CTRL-O |i_CTRL-O|. But not for |i_CTRL-C|. *MenuPopup* MenuPopup Just before showing the popup menu (under the right mouse button). Useful for adjusting the menu for what is under the cursor or mouse pointer. The pattern is matched against one or two characters representing the mode: n Normal v Visual o Operator-pending i Insert c Command line tl Terminal *ModeChanged* ModeChanged After changing the mode. The pattern is matched against `'old_mode:new_mode'`, for example match against `*:c*` to simulate |CmdlineEnter|. The following values of |v:event| are set: old_mode The mode before it changed. new_mode The new mode as also returned by |mode()| called with a non-zero argument. When ModeChanged is triggered, old_mode will have the value of new_mode when the event was last triggered. This will be triggered on every minor mode change. Usage example to use relative line numbers when entering Visual mode: > :au ModeChanged [vV\x16]*:* let &l:rnu = mode() =~# '^[vV\x16]' :au ModeChanged *:[vV\x16]* let &l:rnu = mode() =~# '^[vV\x16]' :au WinEnter,WinLeave * let &l:rnu = mode() =~# '^[vV\x16]' < *OptionSet* OptionSet After setting an option. The pattern is matched against the long option name. |<amatch>| indicates what option has been set. |v:option_type| indicates whether it's global or local scoped. |v:option_command| indicates what type of set/let command was used (follow the tag to see the table). |v:option_new| indicates the newly set value. |v:option_oldlocal| has the old local value. |v:option_oldglobal| has the old global value. |v:option_old| indicates the old option value. |v:option_oldlocal| is only set when |:set| or |:setlocal| or a |modeline| was used to set the option. Similarly |v:option_oldglobal| is only set when |:set| or |:setglobal| was used. This does not set |<abuf>|, you could use |bufnr()|. Note that when setting a |global-local| string option with |:set|, then |v:option_old| is the old global value. However, for all other kinds of options (local string options, global-local number options, ...) it is the old local value. OptionSet is not triggered on startup and for the 'key' option for obvious reasons. Usage example: Check for the existence of the directory in the 'backupdir' and 'undodir' options, create the directory if it doesn't exist yet. Note: It's a bad idea to reset an option during this autocommand, this may break a plugin. You can always use `:noa` to prevent triggering this autocommand. When using |:set| in the autocommand the event is not triggered again. *QuickFixCmdPre* QuickFixCmdPre Before a quickfix command is run (|:make|, |:lmake|, |:grep|, |:lgrep|, |:grepadd|, |:lgrepadd|, |:vimgrep|, |:lvimgrep|, |:vimgrepadd|, |:lvimgrepadd|, |:cscope|, |:cfile|, |:cgetfile|, |:caddfile|, |:lfile|, |:lgetfile|, |:laddfile|, |:helpgrep|, |:lhelpgrep|, |:cexpr|, |:cgetexpr|, |:caddexpr|, |:cbuffer|, |:cgetbuffer|, |:caddbuffer|). The pattern is matched against the command being run. When |:grep| is used but 'grepprg' is set to "internal" it still matches "grep". This command cannot be used to set the 'makeprg' and 'grepprg' variables. If this command causes an error, the quickfix command is not executed. *QuickFixCmdPost* QuickFixCmdPost Like QuickFixCmdPre, but after a quickfix command is run, before jumping to the first location. For |:cfile| and |:lfile| commands it is run after the error file is read and before moving to the first error. See |QuickFixCmdPost-example|. *QuitPre* QuitPre When using `:quit`, `:wq` or `:qall`, before deciding whether it closes the current window or quits Vim. For `:wq` the buffer is written before QuitPre is triggered. Can be used to close any non-essential window if the current window is the last ordinary window. Also see |ExitPre|. *RemoteReply* RemoteReply When a reply from a Vim that functions as server was received |server2client()|. The pattern is matched against the {serverid}. <amatch> is equal to the {serverid} from which the reply was sent, and <afile> is the actual reply string. Note that even if an autocommand is defined, the reply should be read with |remote_read()| to consume it. *SafeState* SafeState When nothing is pending, going to wait for the user to type a character. This will not be triggered when: - an operator is pending - a register was entered with "r - halfway executing a command - executing a mapping - there is typeahead - Insert mode completion is active - Command line completion is active You can use `mode()` to find out what state Vim is in. That may be: - VIsual mode - Normal mode - Insert mode - Command-line mode Depending on what you want to do, you may also check more with `state()`, e.g. whether the screen was scrolled for messages. *SafeStateAgain* SafeStateAgain Like SafeState but after processing any messages and invoking callbacks. This may be triggered often, don't do something that takes time. *SessionLoadPost* SessionLoadPost After loading the session file created using the |:mksession| command. *ShellCmdPost* ShellCmdPost After executing a shell command with |:!cmd|, |:shell|, |:make| and |:grep|. Can be used to check for any changed files. *ShellFilterPost* ShellFilterPost After executing a shell command with ":{range}!cmd", ":w !cmd" or ":r !cmd". Can be used to check for any changed files. *SourcePre* SourcePre Before sourcing a Vim script. |:source| <afile> is the name of the file being sourced. *SourcePost* SourcePost After sourcing a Vim script. |:source| <afile> is the name of the file being sourced. Not triggered when sourcing was interrupted. Also triggered after a SourceCmd autocommand was triggered. *SourceCmd* SourceCmd When sourcing a Vim script. |:source| <afile> is the name of the file being sourced. The autocommand must source this file. |Cmd-event| *SpellFileMissing* SpellFileMissing When trying to load a spell checking file and it can't be found. The pattern is matched against the language. <amatch> is the language, 'encoding' also matters. See |spell-SpellFileMissing|. *StdinReadPost* StdinReadPost After reading from the stdin into the buffer, before executing the modelines. Only used when the "-" argument was used when Vim was started |--|. *StdinReadPre* StdinReadPre Before reading from stdin into the buffer. Only used when the "-" argument was used when Vim was started |--|. *SwapExists* SwapExists Detected an existing swap file when starting to edit a file. Only when it is possible to select a way to handle the situation, when Vim would ask the user what to do. The |v:swapname| variable holds the name of the swap file found, <afile> the file being edited. |v:swapcommand| may contain a command to be executed in the opened file. The commands should set the |v:swapchoice| variable to a string with one character to tell Vim what should be done next: 'o' open read-only 'e' edit the file anyway 'r' recover 'd' delete the swap file 'q' quit, don't edit the file 'a' abort, like hitting CTRL-C When set to an empty string the user will be asked, as if there was no SwapExists autocmd. *E812* It is not allowed to change to another buffer, change a buffer name or change directory here. {only available with the +eval feature} *Syntax* Syntax When the 'syntax' option has been set. The pattern is matched against the syntax name. <afile> can be used for the name of the file where this option was set, and <amatch> for the new value of 'syntax'. See |:syn-on|. *TabClosed* TabClosed After closing a tab page. *TabEnter* TabEnter Just after entering a tab page. |tab-page| After triggering the WinEnter and before triggering the BufEnter event. *TabLeave* TabLeave Just before leaving a tab page. |tab-page| A WinLeave event will have been triggered first. *TabNew* TabNew When a tab page was created. |tab-page| A WinEnter event will have been triggered first, TabEnter follows. *TermChanged* TermChanged After the value of 'term' has changed. Useful for re-loading the syntax file to update the colors, fonts and other terminal-dependent settings. Executed for all loaded buffers. *TerminalOpen* TerminalOpen Just after a terminal buffer was created, with `:terminal` or |term_start()|. This event is triggered even if the buffer is created without a window, with the ++hidden option. *TerminalWinOpen* TerminalWinOpen Just after a terminal buffer was created, with `:terminal` or |term_start()|. This event is triggered only if the buffer is created with a window. Can be used to set window local options for the terminal window. *TermResponse* TermResponse After the response to |t_RV| is received from the terminal. The value of |v:termresponse| can be used to do things depending on the terminal version. Note that this event may be triggered halfway executing another event, especially if file I/O, a shell command or anything else that takes time is involved. *TextChanged* TextChanged After a change was made to the text in the current buffer in Normal mode. That is after |b:changedtick| has changed (also when that happened before the TextChanged autocommand was defined). Not triggered when there is typeahead or when an operator is pending. Note: This can not be skipped with `:noautocmd`. Careful: This is triggered very often, don't do anything that the user does not expect or that is slow. *TextChangedI* TextChangedI After a change was made to the text in the current buffer in Insert mode. Not triggered when the popup menu is visible. Otherwise the same as TextChanged. *TextChangedP* TextChangedP After a change was made to the text in the current buffer in Insert mode, only when the popup menu is visible. Otherwise the same as TextChanged. *TextChangedT* TextChangedT After a change was made to the text in the current buffer in Terminal mode. Otherwise the same as TextChanged. *TextYankPost* TextYankPost After text has been yanked or deleted in the current buffer. The following values of |v:event| can be used to determine the operation that triggered this autocmd: inclusive TRUE if the motion is |inclusive| else the motion is |exclusive|. operator The operation performed. regcontents Text