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autocmd.txt   For Vim version 9.0.  Last change: 2022 Dec 12


                  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>.
                                <afile> is set to a single character,
                                indicating the type of command-line.
                                cmdwin-char

                                                        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.

                                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 that was stored in the
                                                register, as a list of lines,
                                                like with:
                                                getreg(r, 1, 1)
                                   regname      Name of the register or empty
                                                string for the unnamed
                                                register, see registers.
                                   regtype      Type of the register, see
                                                getregtype().
                                   visual       True if the operation is
                                                performed on a Visual area.
                                Not triggered when quote_ is used nor when
                                called recursively.
                                It is not allowed to change the buffer text,

                                see textlock. E1064
                                {only when compiled with the +eval feature}


                                                        User
User                            Never executed automatically.  To be used for
                                autocommands that are only executed with
                                ":doautocmd".
                                Note that when `:doautocmd User MyEvent` is
                                used while there are no matching autocommands,
                                you will get an error.  If you don't want
                                that, either check whether an autocommand is
                                defined using `exists('#User#MyEvent')` or
                                define a dummy autocommand yourself.
                                Example:
                                    if exists('#User#MyEvent')
                                        doautocmd User MyEvent
                                    endif
 

                                                        SigUSR1
SigUSR1                         After the SIGUSR1 signal has been detected.
                                Could be used if other ways of notifying Vim
                                are not feasible.  E.g. to check for the
                                result of a build that takes a long time, or
                                when a motion sensor is triggered.
                                {only on Unix}


                                                        UserGettingBored
UserGettingBored                When the user presses the same key 42 times.
                                Just kidding! :-)

                                                        VimEnter
VimEnter                        After doing all the startup stuff, including
                                loading .vimrc files, executing the "-c cmd"
                                arguments, creating all windows and loading
                                the buffers in them.
                                Just before this event is triggered the
                                v:vim_did_enter variable is set, so that you
                                can do:
                                   if v:vim_did_enter
                                     call s:init()
                                   else
                                     au VimEnter * call s:init()
                                   endif

                                                        VimLeave
VimLeave                        Before exiting Vim, just after writing the
                                .viminfo file.  Executed only once, like
                                VimLeavePre.
                                To detect an abnormal exit use v:dying.
                                When v:dying is 2 or more this event is not
                                triggered.
                                To get the exit code use v:exiting.

                                                        VimLeavePre
VimLeavePre                     Before exiting Vim, just before writing the
                                .viminfo file.  This is executed only once,
                                if there is a match with the name of what
                                happens to be the current buffer when exiting.
                                Mostly useful with a "*" pattern.
        :autocmd VimLeavePre * call CleanupStuff()
                                To detect an abnormal exit use v:dying.
                                When v:dying is 2 or more this event is not
                                triggered.
                                To get the exit code use v:exiting.

                                                        VimResized
VimResized                      After the Vim window was resized, thus 'lines'
                                and/or 'columns' changed.  Not when starting
                                up though.

                                                        VimResume
VimResume                       When the Vim instance is resumed after being
                                suspended and VimSuspend was triggered.
                                Useful for triggering :checktime and ensure
                                the buffers content did not change while Vim
                                was suspended:
        :autocmd VimResume * checktime

                                                        VimSuspend
VimSuspend                      When the Vim instance is suspended.  Only when
                                CTRL-Z was typed inside Vim, or when the SIGTSTP
                                signal was sent to Vim, but not for SIGSTOP.

                                                        WinClosed
WinClosed                       When closing a window, just before it is
                                removed from the window layout.  The pattern
                                is matched against the window-ID.  Both
                                <amatch> and <afile> are set to the
                                window-ID.  Non-recursive (event cannot
                                trigger itself).

                                                        WinEnter
WinEnter                        After entering another window.  Not done for
                                the first window, when Vim has just started.
                                Useful for setting the window height.
                                If the window is for another buffer, Vim
                                executes the BufEnter autocommands after the
                                WinEnter autocommands.
                                Note: For split and tabpage commands the
                                WinEnter event is triggered after the split
                                or tab command but before the file is loaded.


                                                        WinLeave
WinLeave                        Before leaving a window.  If the window to be
                                entered next is for a different buffer, Vim
                                executes the BufLeave autocommands before the
                                WinLeave autocommands (but not for ":new").
                                Not used for ":qa" or ":q" when exiting Vim.


                                                        WinNew
WinNew                          When a new window was created.  Not done for
                                the first window, when Vim has just started.
                                Before a WinEnter event.


                                                        WinScrolled
WinScrolled                     After any window in the current tab page
                                scrolled the text (horizontally or vertically)
                                or changed width or height.  See
                                win-scrolled-resized.

                                The pattern is matched against the window-ID
                                of the first window that scrolled or resized.
                                Both <amatch> and <afile> are set to the
                                window-ID.

                                v:event is set with information about size
                                and scroll changes. WinScrolled-event

                                Only starts triggering after startup finished
                                and the first screen redraw was done.
                                Does not trigger when defining the first
                                WinScrolled or WinResized event, but may
                                trigger when adding more.

                                Non-recursive: the event will not trigger
                                while executing commands for the WinScrolled
                                event.  However, if the command causes a
                                window to scroll or change size, then another
                                WinScrolled event will be triggered later.



                                                        WinResized
WinResized                      After a window in the current tab page changed
                                width or height.
                                See win-scrolled-resized.

                                v:event is set with information about size
                                changes. WinResized-event

                                Same behavior as WinScrolled for the
                                pattern, triggering and recursiveness.

==============================================================================

6. Patterns                                     autocmd-patterns {aupat}

The {aupat} argument of `:autocmd` can be a comma-separated list.  This works as
if the command was given with each pattern separately.  Thus this command:
        :autocmd BufRead *.txt,*.info set et
Is equivalent to:
        :autocmd BufRead *.txt set et
        :autocmd BufRead *.info set et

The file pattern {aupat} is tested for a match against the file name in one of
two ways:
1. When there is no '/' in the pattern, Vim checks for a match against only
   the tail part of the file name (without its leading directory path).
2. When there is a '/' in the pattern, Vim checks for a match against both the
   short file name (as you typed it) and the full file name (after expanding
   it to a full path and resolving symbolic links).

The special pattern <buffer> or <buffer=N> is used for buffer-local
autocommands autocmd-buflocal.  This pattern is not matched against the name
of a buffer.

Examples:
        :autocmd BufRead *.txt          set et
Set the 'et' option for all text files.

        :autocmd BufRead /vim/src/*.c   set cindent
Set the 'cindent' option for C files in the /vim/src directory.

        :autocmd BufRead /tmp/*.c       set ts=5
If you have a link from "/tmp/test.c" to "/home/nobody/vim/src/test.c", and
you start editing "/tmp/test.c", this autocommand will match.

Note:  To match part of a path, but not from the root directory, use a '*' as
the first character.  Example:
        :autocmd BufRead */doc/*.txt    set tw=78
This autocommand will for example be executed for "/tmp/doc/xx.txt" and
"/usr/home/piet/doc/yy.txt".  The number of directories does not matter here.


The file name that the pattern is matched against is after expanding
wildcards.  Thus if you issue this command:
        :e $ROOTDIR/main.$EXT
The argument is first expanded to:
        /usr/root/main.py
Before it's matched with the pattern of the autocommand.  Careful with this
when using events like FileReadCmd, the value of <amatch> may not be what you
expect.


Environment variables can be used in a pattern:
        :autocmd BufRead $VIMRUNTIME/doc/*.txt  set expandtab
And ~ can be used for the home directory (if $HOME is defined):
        :autocmd BufWritePost ~/.vimrc   so ~/.vimrc
        :autocmd BufRead ~archive/*      set readonly
The environment variable is expanded when the autocommand is defined, not when
the autocommand is executed.  This is different from the command!


                                                        file-pattern
The pattern is interpreted like mostly used in file names:
        *       matches any sequence of characters; Unusual: includes path
                separators
        ?       matches any single character
        \?      matches a '?'
        .       matches a '.'
        ~       matches a '~'
        ,       separates patterns
        \,      matches a ','
        { }     like \( \) in a pattern
        ,       inside { }: like \| in a |pattern||||
        \}      literal }
        \{      literal {
        \\\{n,m\}  like \{n,m} in a pattern
        \       special meaning like in a pattern
        [ch]    matches 'c' or 'h'
        [^ch]   match any character but 'c' and 'h'

Note that for all systems the '/' character is used for path separator (even
for MS-Windows).  This was done because the backslash is difficult to use in a
pattern and to make the autocommands portable across different systems.

It is possible to use pattern items, but they may not work as expected,
because of the translation done for the above.


                                                        autocmd-changes
Matching with the pattern is done when an event is triggered.  Changing the
buffer name in one of the autocommands, or even deleting the buffer, does not
change which autocommands will be executed.  Example:

        au BufEnter *.foo  bdel
        au BufEnter *.foo  set modified

This will delete the current buffer and then set 'modified' in what has become
the current buffer instead.  Vim doesn't take into account that "*.foo"
doesn't match with that buffer name.  It matches "*.foo" with the name of the
buffer at the moment the event was triggered.

However, buffer-local autocommands will not be executed for a buffer that has
been wiped out with :bwipe.  After deleting the buffer with :bdel the
buffer actually still exists (it becomes unlisted), thus the autocommands are
still executed.

==============================================================================

7. Buffer-local autocommands    autocmd-buflocal autocmd-buffer-local

                                        <buffer=N> <buffer=abuf> E680

Buffer-local autocommands are attached to a specific buffer.  They are useful
if the buffer does not have a name and when the name does not match a specific
pattern.  But it also means they must be explicitly added to each buffer.

Instead of a pattern buffer-local autocommands use one of these forms:
        <buffer>        current buffer
        <buffer=99>     buffer number 99
        <buffer=abuf>   using <abuf> (only when executing autocommands)
                        <abuf>

Examples:
    :au CursorHold <buffer>  echo 'hold'
    :au CursorHold <buffer=33>  echo 'hold'
    :au BufNewFile * au CursorHold <buffer=abuf>  echo 'hold'

All the commands for autocommands also work with buffer-local autocommands,
simply use the special string instead of the pattern.  Examples:
    :au! * <buffer>                  " remove buffer-local autocommands for
                                     " current buffer
    :au! * <buffer=33>               " remove buffer-local autocommands for
                                     " buffer #33
    :bufdo :au! CursorHold <buffer>  " remove autocmd for given event for all
                                     " buffers
    :au * <buffer>                   " list buffer-local autocommands for
                                     " current buffer

Note that when an autocommand is defined for the current buffer, it is stored
with the buffer number.  Thus it uses the form "<buffer=12>", where 12 is the
number of the current buffer.  You will see this when listing autocommands,
for example.

To test for presence of buffer-local autocommands use the exists() function
as follows:
    :if exists("#CursorHold#<buffer=12>") | ... | endif
    :if exists("#CursorHold#<buffer>") | ... | endif    " for current buffer

When a buffer is wiped out its buffer-local autocommands are also gone, of
course.  Note that when deleting a buffer, e.g., with ":bdel", it is only
unlisted, the autocommands are still present.  In order to see the removal of
buffer-local autocommands:
    :set verbose=6

It is not possible to define buffer-local autocommands for a non-existent
buffer.

==============================================================================

8. Groups                                               autocmd-groups

Autocommands can be put together in a group.  This is useful for removing or
executing a group of autocommands.  For example, all the autocommands for
syntax highlighting are put in the "highlight" group, to be able to execute
":doautoall highlight BufRead" when the GUI starts.

When no specific group is selected, Vim uses the default group.  The default
group does not have a name.  You cannot execute the autocommands from the
default group separately; you can execute them only by executing autocommands
for all groups.

Normally, when executing autocommands automatically, Vim uses the autocommands
for all groups.  The group only matters when executing autocommands with
":doautocmd" or ":doautoall", or when defining or deleting autocommands.

The group name can contain any characters except white space.  The group name
"end" is reserved (also in uppercase).

The group name is case sensitive.  Note that this is different from the event
name!


                                                        :aug :augroup
:aug[roup] {name}               Define the autocmd group name for the
                                following ":autocmd" commands.  The name "end"
                                or "END" selects the default group.
                                To avoid confusion, the name should be
                                different from existing {event} names, as this
                                most likely will not do what you intended.


                                        :augroup-delete E367 W19 E936
:aug[roup]! {name}              Delete the autocmd group {name}.  Don't use
                                this if there is still an autocommand using
                                this group!  You will get a warning if doing
                                it anyway.  When the group is the current
                                group you will get error E936.

To enter autocommands for a specific group, use this method:
1. Select the group with ":augroup {name}".
2. Delete any old autocommands with ":au!".
3. Define the autocommands.
4. Go back to the default group with "augroup END".

Example:
        :augroup uncompress
        :  au!
        :  au BufEnter *.gz     %!gunzip
        :augroup END

This prevents having the autocommands defined twice (e.g., after sourcing the
.vimrc file again).


                                                FileExplorer
There is one group that is recognized by Vim: FileExplorer.  If this group
exists Vim assumes that editing a directory is possible and will trigger a
plugin that lists the files in that directory.  This is used by the netrw
plugin.  This allows you to do:
        browse edit

==============================================================================

9. Executing autocommands                               autocmd-execute

Vim can also execute Autocommands non-automatically.  This is useful if you
have changed autocommands, or when Vim has executed the wrong autocommands
(e.g., the file pattern match was wrong).

Note that the 'eventignore' option applies here too.  Events listed in this
option will not cause any commands to be executed.


                                :do :doau :doaut :doautocmd E217
:do[autocmd] [<nomodeline>] [group] {event} [fname]
                        Apply the autocommands matching [fname] (default:
                        current file name) for {event} to the current buffer.
                        You can use this when the current file name does not
                        match the right pattern, after changing settings, or
                        to execute autocommands for a certain event.
                        It's possible to use this inside an autocommand too,
                        so you can base the autocommands for one extension on
                        another extension.  Example:
                                :au BufEnter *.cpp so ~/.vimrc_cpp
                                :au BufEnter *.cpp doau BufEnter x.c
                        Be careful to avoid endless loops.  See
                        autocmd-nested.

                        When the [group] argument is not given, Vim executes
                        the autocommands for all groups.  When the [group]
                        argument is included, Vim executes only the matching
                        autocommands for that group.  Note: if you use an
                        undefined group name, Vim gives you an error message.

                                                        <nomodeline>
                        After applying the autocommands the modelines are
                        processed, so that their settings overrule the
                        settings from autocommands, like what happens when
                        editing a file. This is skipped when the <nomodeline>
                        argument is present. You probably want to use
                        <nomodeline> for events that are not used when loading
                        a buffer, such as User.
                        Processing modelines is also skipped when no
                        matching autocommands were executed.


                                                :doautoa :doautoall
:doautoa[ll] [<nomodeline>] [group] {event} [fname]
                        Like ":doautocmd", but apply the autocommands to each
                        loaded buffer.  The current buffer is done last.

                        Note that [fname] is used to select the autocommands,
                        not the buffers to which they are applied. Example:
                                augroup mine
                                  autocmd!
                                  autocmd FileType * echo expand('<amatch>')
                                augroup END
                                doautoall mine FileType Loaded-Buffer
                        Sourcing this script, you'll see as many
                        "Loaded-Buffer" echoed as there are loaded buffers.

                        Careful: Don't use this for autocommands that delete a
                        buffer, change to another buffer or change the
                        contents of a buffer; the result is unpredictable.
                        This command is intended for autocommands that set
                        options, change highlighting, and things like that.

==============================================================================

10. Using autocommands                                  autocmd-use

For WRITING FILES there are four possible sets of events.  Vim uses only one
of these sets for a write command:

BufWriteCmd     BufWritePre     BufWritePost    writing the whole buffer
                FilterWritePre  FilterWritePost writing to filter temp file
FileAppendCmd   FileAppendPre   FileAppendPost  appending to a file
FileWriteCmd    FileWritePre    FileWritePost   any other file write

When there is a matching "*Cmd" autocommand, it is assumed it will do the
writing.  No further writing is done and the other events are not triggered.
Cmd-event  

Note that the *WritePost commands should undo any changes to the buffer that
were caused by the *WritePre commands; otherwise, writing the file will have
the side effect of changing the buffer.

Before executing the autocommands, the buffer from which the lines are to be
written temporarily becomes the current buffer.  Unless the autocommands
change the current buffer or delete the previously current buffer, the
previously current buffer is made the current buffer again.

The *WritePre and *AppendPre autocommands must not delete the buffer from
which the lines are to be written.

The '[ and '] marks have a special position:
- Before the *ReadPre event the '[ mark is set to the line just above where
  the new lines will be inserted.
- Before the *ReadPost event the '[ mark is set to the first line that was
  just read, the '] mark to the last line.
- Before executing the *WriteCmd, *WritePre and *AppendPre autocommands the '[
  mark is set to the first line that will be written, the '] mark to the last
  line.
Careful: '[ and '] change when using commands that change the buffer.

In commands which expect a file name, you can use "<afile>" for the file name
that is being read :<afile> (you can also use "%" for the current file
name).  "<abuf>" can be used for the buffer number of the currently effective
buffer.  This also works for buffers that don't have a name.  But it doesn't
work for files without a buffer (e.g., with ":r file").


                                                        gzip-example
Examples for reading and writing compressed files:
  :augroup gzip
  :  autocmd!
  :  autocmd BufReadPre,FileReadPre     *.gz set bin
  :  autocmd BufReadPost,FileReadPost   *.gz '[,']!gunzip
  :  autocmd BufReadPost,FileReadPost   *.gz set nobin
  :  autocmd BufReadPost,FileReadPost   *.gz execute ":doautocmd BufReadPost " .. expand("%:r")
  :  autocmd BufWritePost,FileWritePost *.gz !mv <afile> <afile>:r
  :  autocmd BufWritePost,FileWritePost *.gz !gzip <afile>:r

  :  autocmd FileAppendPre              *.gz !gunzip <afile>
  :  autocmd FileAppendPre              *.gz !mv <afile>:r <afile>
  :  autocmd FileAppendPost             *.gz !mv <afile> <afile>:r
  :  autocmd FileAppendPost             *.gz !gzip <afile>:r
  :augroup END

The "gzip" group is used to be able to delete any existing autocommands with
":autocmd!", for when the file is sourced twice.

("<afile>:r" is the file name without the extension, see :_%:)

The commands executed for the BufNewFile, BufRead/BufReadPost, BufWritePost,
FileAppendPost and VimLeave events do not set or reset the changed flag of the
buffer.  When you decompress the buffer with the BufReadPost autocommands, you
can still exit with ":q".  When you use ":undo" in BufWritePost to undo the
changes made by BufWritePre commands, you can still do ":q" (this also makes
"ZZ" work).  If you do want the buffer to be marked as modified, set the
'modified' option.

To execute Normal mode commands from an autocommand, use the ":normal"
command.  Use with care!  If the Normal mode command is not finished, the user
needs to type characters (e.g., after ":normal m" you need to type a mark
name).

If you want the buffer to be unmodified after changing it, reset the
'modified' option.  This makes it possible to exit the buffer with ":q"
instead of ":q!".


                                                        autocmd-nested E218
By default, autocommands do not nest.  For example, if you use ":e" or ":w" in
an autocommand, Vim does not execute the BufRead and BufWrite autocommands for
those commands.  If you do want this, use the "nested" flag for those commands
in which you want nesting.  For example:
  :autocmd FileChangedShell *.c ++nested e!
The nesting is limited to 10 levels to get out of recursive loops.

It's possible to use the ":au" command in an autocommand.  This can be a
self-modifying command!  This can be useful for an autocommand that should
execute only once.

If you want to skip autocommands for one command, use the :noautocmd command
modifier or the 'eventignore' option.

Note: When reading a file (with ":read file" or with a filter command) and the
last line in the file does not have an <EOL>, Vim remembers this.  At the next
write (with ":write file" or with a filter command), if the same line is
written again as the last line in a file AND 'binary' is set, Vim does not
supply an <EOL>.  This makes a filter command on the just read lines write the
same file as was read, and makes a write command on just filtered lines write
the same file as was read from the filter.  For example, another way to write
a compressed file:

  :autocmd FileWritePre *.gz   set bin|'[,']!gzip
  :autocmd FileWritePost *.gz  undo|set nobin
 

                                                        autocommand-pattern
You can specify multiple patterns, separated by commas.  Here are some
examples:

  :autocmd BufRead   *          set tw=79 nocin ic infercase fo=2croq
  :autocmd BufRead   .letter    set tw=72 fo=2tcrq
  :autocmd BufEnter  .letter    set dict=/usr/lib/dict/words
  :autocmd BufLeave  .letter    set dict=
  :autocmd BufRead,BufNewFile   *.c,*.h set tw=0 cin noic
  :autocmd BufEnter  *.c,*.h    abbr FOR for (i = 0; i < 3; ++i)<CR>{<CR>}<Esc>O
  :autocmd BufLeave  *.c,*.h    unabbr FOR

For makefiles (makefile, Makefile, imakefile, makefile.unix, etc.):

  :autocmd BufEnter  ?akefile*  set include=^s\=include
  :autocmd BufLeave  ?akefile*  set include&

To always start editing C files at the first function:

  :autocmd BufRead   *.c,*.h    1;/^{

Without the "1;" above, the search would start from wherever the file was
entered, rather than from the start of the file.


                                                skeleton template
To read a skeleton (template) file when opening a new file:

  :autocmd BufNewFile  *.c      0r ~/vim/skeleton.c
  :autocmd BufNewFile  *.h      0r ~/vim/skeleton.h
  :autocmd BufNewFile  *.java   0r ~/vim/skeleton.java

To insert the current date and time in a *.html file when writing it:

  :autocmd BufWritePre,FileWritePre *.html   ks|call LastMod()|'s
  :fun LastMod()
  :  if line("$") > 20
  :    let l = 20
  :  else
  :    let l = line("$")
  :  endif
  :  exe "1," .. l .. "g/Last modified: /s/Last modified: .*/Last modified: " ..
  :  \ strftime("%Y %b %d")
  :endfun

You need to have a line "Last modified: <date time>" in the first 20 lines
of the file for this to work.  Vim replaces <date time> (and anything in the
same line after it) with the current date and time.  Explanation:
        ks              mark current position with mark 's'
        call LastMod()  call the LastMod() function to do the work
        's              return the cursor to the old position
The LastMod() function checks if the file is shorter than 20 lines, and then
uses the ":g" command to find lines that contain "Last modified: ".  For those
lines the ":s" command is executed to replace the existing date with the
current one.  The ":execute" command is used to be able to use an expression
for the ":g" and ":s" commands.  The date is obtained with the strftime()
function.  You can change its argument to get another date string.

When entering :autocmd on the command-line, completion of events and command
names may be done (with <Tab>, CTRL-D, etc.) where appropriate.

Vim executes all matching autocommands in the order that you specify them.
It is recommended that your first autocommand be used for all files by using
"*" as the file pattern.  This means that you can define defaults you like
here for any settings, and if there is another matching autocommand it will
override these.  But if there is no other matching autocommand, then at least
your default settings are recovered (if entering this file from another for
which autocommands did match).  Note that "*" will also match files starting
with ".", unlike Unix shells.


                                                    autocmd-searchpat
Autocommands do not change the current search patterns.  Vim saves the current
search patterns before executing autocommands then restores them after the
autocommands finish.  This means that autocommands do not affect the strings
highlighted with the 'hlsearch' option.  Within autocommands, you can still
use search patterns normally, e.g., with the "n" command.
If you want an autocommand to set the search pattern, such that it is used
after the autocommand finishes, use the ":let @/ =" command.
The search-highlighting cannot be switched off with ":nohlsearch" in an
autocommand.  Use the 'h' flag in the 'viminfo' option to disable search-
highlighting when starting Vim.


                                                        Cmd-event
When using one of the "*Cmd" events, the matching autocommands are expected to
do the file reading, writing or sourcing.  This can be used when working with
a special kind of file, for example on a remote system.
CAREFUL: If you use these events in a wrong way, it may have the effect of
making it impossible to read or write the matching files!  Make sure you test
your autocommands properly.  Best is to use a pattern that will never match a
 normal file name, for example "ftp://*".

When defining a BufReadCmd it will be difficult for Vim to recover a crashed
editing session.  When recovering from the original file, Vim reads only those
parts of a file that are not found in the swap file.  Since that is not
possible with a BufReadCmd, use the :preserve command to make sure the
original file isn't needed for recovery.  You might want to do this only when
you expect the file to be modified.

For file read and write commands the v:cmdarg variable holds the "++enc="
and "++ff=" argument that are effective.  These should be used for the command
that reads/writes the file.  The v:cmdbang variable is one when "!" was
used, zero otherwise.

See the $VIMRUNTIME/plugin/netrwPlugin.vim for examples.

==============================================================================

11. Disabling autocommands                              autocmd-disable

To disable autocommands for some time use the 'eventignore' option.  Note that
this may cause unexpected behavior, make sure you restore 'eventignore'
afterwards, using a :try block with :finally.


                                                        :noautocmd :noa
To disable autocommands for just one command use the ":noautocmd" command
modifier.  This will set 'eventignore' to "all" for the duration of the
following command.  Example:

        :noautocmd w fname.gz

This will write the file without triggering the autocommands defined by the
gzip plugin.

Note that some autocommands are not triggered right away, but only later.
This specifically applies to CursorMoved and TextChanged.