Hi all, The BufWinEnter autocmd is not invoked when splitting a window. According to the help for the BufWinEnter autocmd, this autocmd is invoked when a buffer is displayed in a window.
For example, use the following autocmd: au BufWinEnter * echomsg "Entering buffer " . expand("<afile>") With the above autocmd, if you execute the following commands: :e <somefile> :split The BufWinEnter autocmd is not invoked for the new window. But if you use the following commands, then the BufWinEnter autocmd is invoked: :e <somefile> :split <somefile> - Yegappan