Hari Krishna Dara wrote:
> I am using :startinsert! from my plugin to put the user in insert mode,
> but if the user doesn't type anything for 'updatetime' after this, no
> CursorHoldI event is generated. I tried doing an explicit :doauto right
> after :startinsert!, but Vim ignores it, probably because the command
> only schedules for an insert mode (doesn't immediate change it).
>
> Note that the CursorMovedI gets triggered correctly in this case, but I
> don't want to use that as I don't want to know about every character
> that user types, but only when the user is holding.
>
> Any suggestions for a workaround?
>
> I have Vim7 upto the patch 146.
It works just fine for me. After typing "i" and waiting a little while
the CursorHoldI event is triggered. I used this:
au! CursorHoldI * echomsg 'hi' | sleep 2
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