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| author | Teddy Wing | 2014-06-03 08:32:17 -0400 |
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| committer | Teddy Wing | 2014-06-03 08:32:17 -0400 |
| commit | 0d89392cdc386c5dc179386d0e51f82bcf24bf7d (patch) | |
| tree | 973cc2b4643fbb8da9092cd5f6a0343285d6b5db /plugin | |
| parent | 29b6982434f0311669043a1a00d2f06bf28b7ab7 (diff) | |
| download | dotvim-0d89392cdc386c5dc179386d0e51f82bcf24bf7d.tar.bz2 | |
Add custom plugin better_autoread
Make a plugin out of a Stack Overflow post for a better autoread
augroup.
The `autoread` setting in vim will automatically reload a file if it's
been changed outside of vim (if you've made unsaved changes vim will
prompt before loading the file). By default, however, vim doesn't
automatically detect when a file has changed. It only happens when you
do certain things. This sets up an autocmd to force a check a bit more
often by tying into the CursorHold events. A bit hackish it seems but it
works like a charm.
This has been sorely needed especially since yesterday when I was
switching git branches in a project several times and editing various
files only to be alerted upon saving that the file on disk has changed.
Previously I would say it was a minor annoyance to have to type :e! in
those situations. Yesterday it was a freaking pain in the glaiven since
it happened unexpectedly so many times and after I was ready to
commit/save edits.
Diffstat (limited to 'plugin')
| -rw-r--r-- | plugin/better_autoread.vim | 22 |
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/plugin/better_autoread.vim b/plugin/better_autoread.vim new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e8625a1 --- /dev/null +++ b/plugin/better_autoread.vim @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +" Better autoread +" Better detection for when files have changed outside of vim. Will +" automatically reload files if they changed. If you've made modifications to +" the file, you'll be prompted before the file is loaded. +" +" Taken from Greg Sexton: +" http://stackoverflow.com/a/10962191 + +set autoread +augroup checktime + autocmd! + if !has("gui_running") + "silent! necessary otherwise throws errors when using command + "line window. + autocmd BufEnter * silent! checktime + autocmd CursorHold * silent! checktime + autocmd CursorHoldI * silent! checktime + "these two _may_ slow things down. Remove if they do. + " autocmd CursorMoved * silent! checktime + " autocmd CursorMovedI * silent! checktime + endif +augroup END |