I tweaked this a bit and you asked for feedback…
" Clear then re-read options after editing
silent! function! ReloadVimrc()
au!
set all&
source $MYVIMRC
endfunction
autocmd! BufWritePost $MYVIMRC nested call ReloadVimrc()
With $MYVIMRC this is not platform specific. However, vim forgets that $MYVIMRC
is filetype=vim after running. I added a modeline:
" vim: set filetype=vim :
…to the top of the file as a workaround.
-Adrian
On Dec 21, 2012, at 10:45 PM, stillLearningVim <[email protected]> wrote:
> @Marcin and @Gary, thanks for the brilliant suggestions of resetting the
> options and the auto commands. Here's what I ended up with:
>
> if !exists("*ReloadVimrc")
> function! ReloadVimrc()
> au!
> set all&
> so $HOME/.vimrc
> endfunction
> endif
>
> I tried "au BufWritePost .vimrc call ReloadVimrc()", but vim ends up doing
> something recursive and progressively gives me more errors every time I save
> (BufWrite isn't supposed to be recursive, not sure what's happening).
>
> "au!" removes all autocommands, although I should definitely start putting
> mine in groups. "set all&" resets all global and local variables to their
> default values (calling set on anything changes both the local and global,
> interesting info at ":h local-options" and a cool table a scroll away from
> ":h setg").
>
> Sorry it took me so long to respond. I kept getting a black-and-white every
> time I called the function. Apparently calling :source on the vimrc didn't
> change all the options back (used :set before and after calling this function
> to see changes between non-default options), this included filetype=vim. I
> hardcoded this into the function, hopefully I can find a better fix later.
>
> I usually don't like long posts, so sorry about this one. Thanks again for
> all the suggestions and cool tips. If you think of anything to improve on
> this, please let me know. Every little bit helps. Thanks!
>
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