A script which let vim auto-save files.

[Hongyi Zhao]

Hi,

In order to let vim auto-save files, I tried the follwing plugin:

https://github.com/907th/vim-auto-save

But, I found that sometimes it will not take effect and I don't know
what's the conflicts in my vim configurations.

So I want to find other methods to do this thing and I find the following one:

https://vi.stackexchange.com/questions/74/is-it-possible-to-make-vim-auto-save-files

And based on the above method given by dash-tom-bang, I revised into
the following code:

------------
if exists(':keeppatterns')
let s:keeppatterns = 'keeppatterns '
else
let s:keeppatterns = ''
endif

augroup AutoSaveGroup
" :help file-pattern has some info,
" but some of it is is buried in the PATTERNS section of usr_40.txt
"let s:autoPattern =
"*.{c,h,[ch]pp,[acjt]s,inl,cg,cgfx,fx,py,bat,cmd,jam,vim,yml,yaml,vsprops,erb,rb,html,htm},SCons*,*vimrc"

let s:autoPattern = "*"


autocmd!
execute "autocmd FocusLost" s:autoPattern "silent! wall"
execute "autocmd BufWritePre" s:autoPattern s:keeppatterns .
'call FixFormatting(expand("<afile>"))'

execute "autocmd FileChangedRO" s:autoPattern "silent !p4 edit %:p"
execute "autocmd FileChangedRO" s:autoPattern "write!"

autocmd FocusLost * silent! wall
augroup END
------------

I'm a newbie on vimscripts, and till now, it seems the above script
works smoothly.

I want to know is there any bugs/revisions/enhancenments on the above script?

Thanks in advance.
--
Hongsheng Zhao <hongy...@gmail.com>
Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences
GnuPG DSA: 0xD108493

[Christian Brabandt]

On Mo, 26 Aug 2019, Hongyi Zhao wrote:

> Hi,
>
> In order to let vim auto-save files, I tried the follwing plugin:
>
> https://github.com/907th/vim-auto-save

as far as I remember that script depends on Vims autocommands to do it's
work. Nowadays with a modern vim you can instead make use of timers,
that work a bit more reliable. My autosave plugin uses this:
https://github.com/chrisbra/vim-autosave


Best,
Christian
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[Hongyi Zhao]

Christian Brabandt <cbl...@256bit.org> 于2019年8月26日周一 下午4:50写道：

>
>
> On Mo, 26 Aug 2019, Hongyi Zhao wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > In order to let vim auto-save files, I tried the follwing plugin:
> >
> > https://github.com/907th/vim-auto-save
>
> as far as I remember that script depends on Vims autocommands to do it's
> work. Nowadays with a modern vim you can instead make use of timers,
> that work a bit more reliable. My autosave plugin uses this:
> https://github.com/chrisbra/vim-autosave

Thanks for your reply. I try your autosave plugin, but it seems id
doesn't work for my case.

I want to the save into the original opened buffer/file instead of
into a backup file.

Regards

>
>
> Best,
> Christian
> --
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>

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[Hongyi Zhao]

Hongyi Zhao <hongy...@gmail.com> 于2019年8月26日周一 下午6:03写道：

>
> Christian Brabandt <cbl...@256bit.org> 于2019年8月26日周一 下午4:50写道：
> >
> >
> > On Mo, 26 Aug 2019, Hongyi Zhao wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > In order to let vim auto-save files, I tried the follwing plugin:
> > >
> > > https://github.com/907th/vim-auto-save
> >
> > as far as I remember that script depends on Vims autocommands to do it's
> > work. Nowadays with a modern vim you can instead make use of timers,
> > that work a bit more reliable. My autosave plugin uses this:
> > https://github.com/chrisbra/vim-autosave

I still cannot understand, even with one line as follows will do the trick:

autocmd TextChanged,TextChangedI * silent! wall

Why you and others still try to write plugin for this type of job?

Regards

[Christian Brabandt]

On Di, 27 Aug 2019, Hongyi Zhao wrote:

> I still cannot understand, even with one line as follows will do the trick:
>
> autocmd TextChanged,TextChangedI * silent! wall
>
> Why you and others still try to write plugin for this type of job?

If you really want to know, I suggest reading the plugin source to know
why it takes many (or not so many) extra steps.

BEst,
Christian
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