Autocommands in Neovim

[@ascourter]

What autocommands do you use?

[@IainSimmons]

I have the one from Josh to source my .tmux.conf when it changes, but also one to disable wrapping in my hosts file. I also have one for a couple of file extensions or types I want to associate with something else, like *.psv which I use as pipe-separated values to use with a plugin called RainbowCSV

[@ryank.4983]

thanks! wrote an LSP refresh command on save using this tutorial.

[@ascourter]

@@ryank.4983 that's awesome!

[@sunsurfr]

Using your video I have an automated date/time entry in a daily journal file - thank you.

[@anrras]

I have autocmds for toggle the relativenumber in insert mode

[@sunsurfr]

Great video! Clearly explained without any fluff. Subscribed. 👍🏻

[@ascourter]

Thanks!

[@ascourter]

Remember when I said autocommands are powerful? The TermOpen example I covered will put you into insert mode on a failing Neotest, which is probably not what you want. Check out this thread in the neotest repo: github.com/nvim-neotest/neotest/issues/2

[@coffeedude]

Great tutorial! It's great to know the option exists for when the need arises.

[@JoshMedeski]

My favorite autocommand is auto-sourcing my tmux file when I save it!

[@ChrisCox-wv7oo]

I have an autocmd to delete a set of keybinds when I enter the cmdwin, and remap them when I exit it. The keybinds and the cmdwin do not get along so this keeps me from accidentally trying to use them. Another autocmd to refresh the current buffer when I focus it. Useful for when I modify the file from outside nvim. Another autocmd to source my init.lua whenever saved. Another autocmd to highlight on yank. Autocmd is pretty dope.

[@ascourter]

That's a great list! Thanks for sharing.

[@RolandHaller]

I was looking for a highlight on yank autocommand! Thanks

[@ascourter]

You're welcome! Thanks for watching

[@mohammedabdulbary1577]

A very cool video, thanks a lot

[@ascourter]

Thanks for watching!

[@disel920]

Cool. Good job.

[@ascourter]

Thank you!

[@SumanthLingappa]

Do autocommands relevant in neovim? We can use lua functions instead, isn’t it?

[@ascourter]

If you want to do something in Neovim automatically then you should be using autocommands. TJ Devries actually wrote the interface for Neovim to use autocommands via the nvim_* API.

[@SumanthLingappa]

@@ascourter Thank you for replying. I saw your full video and understood. Thanks again for the video

[@pascalallau]

Good job as usual ! keep it up

[@ascourter]

Thank you!