So, I’ve never done any Vim scripting before, but based on this question about doing something similar in C and this tip for checking if you’re currently in a comment, I’ve hacked together a solution. By default, this uses the PEP8-suggested widths of 79 characters for normal lines and 72 characters for comments, but you … Read more
I guess you’re looking for :noa. Usage: :noa w Excerpt from help: :noautocmd :noa To disable autocommands for just one command use the “:noautocmd” command modifier. This will set ‘eventignore’ to “all” for the duration of the following command. Example: :noautocmd w fname.gz This will write the file without triggering the autocommands defined by the … Read more
This runs run_tests.sh after any file is saved, with the current filename as the only parameter: :autocmd BufWritePost * !run_tests.sh <afile> View the auto-command with: :autocmd BufWritePost * And remove all auto-commands from the previous with: :autocmd! BufWritePost *
*.rb isn’t a filetype. It’s a file pattern. ruby is the filetype and could even be set on files that don’t have a .rb extension. So, what you most likely want is a function that your autocmd calls to both check for filetypes which shouldn’t be acted on and strips the whitespace. fun! StripTrailingWhitespace() ” … Read more