On Jul 27, 2:07 pm, at <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm using a very nice template plugin called tSkeleton. Right now I'm
> operating it using an autocmd in my .vimrc:
>     autocmd BufNewFile *.f90      TSkeletonSetup fortran.f90
>
> This works great when I start a new buffer from within .vim. However
> sometimes I want to touch and name a new file and then open it
> directly by double clicking on it in my GUI (a boorish practice, I
> know ;).
>
> So what I would like is an autocmd for the event that a new buffer is
> entered AND that buffer is empty. Having checked the documentation on
> autocmd, I don't think such an event exists. So is there an elegant
> way to test for whether the file is blank or not?
>

It's actually really easy to trigger your template manually. After
loading your empty file in Vim, just do this:

:doautocmd BufNewFile

You could even map a key to do this if you need it often enough.
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