Re: How to autosave files when terminal is closed

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.

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