On Sat, 29 Oct 2022 00:03:17 +0100, Bram Moolenaar wrote: > > > On Fri, 28 Oct 2022 22:23:31 +0100, Bram Moolenaar wrote: > > > > > > > "au VimLeavePre * w" only works when I exit vim with something > > > > like ":q!" but not if I close my terminal window. > > > > > > > > Error detected while processing VimLeavePre Autocommands for > > > > "*": E749: Empty buffer > > > > > > > > VimLeave[Pre] is being called, but the buffer is not saved, > > > > probably because it's closed before that event is triggered. Is > > > > there another event that gets triggered during the closing > > > > sequence that will allow me to autosave, or another way to do > > > > this? > > > > > > Do you already have the 'autowriteall' option set? > > > > I think that only affects closing via :quit and the like. Closing my > > xterm apparently doesn't follow that same exit pathway. > > It is supposed to, but perhaps the catching of signals is not properly > setup. Not sure how to try it out other than closing the xterm > normally. If you "kill -9" the xterm it might not work. Closing the > window manager should also work OK. At least this mechanism is used > to avoid leaving swap files laying around, and that works quite well, > thus 'autowriteall' should also work. But I don't think there is a > test for it.
Yea, I guess signal catching isn't properly setup. It seems that my wm is sending vim a SIGHUP when it closes the xterm window: Vim: Caught deadly signal HUP Vim: preserving files... Vim: Finished. Manually killing vim with "kill (-1|-3|-15)" does not trigger that nice autowriteall (awa) feature, even though vim's output says "preserving files..." -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vim_use+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/20221028232302.357aed6770c1adce3cbd556c%40dennisn.mooo.com.
