Re: Check if file is being edited with ++ff

Hi Ben!

On Do, 23 Feb 2012, Ben Fritz wrote:

> I've got a BufReadPost autocmd in my .vimrc which will automatically
> reload a file in DOS or Unix fileformat using e ++ff=dos or e +
> +ff=unix if it is in mixed line-ending format, depending on whether
> there are more lines with or without a trailing ^M.
>
> It works well, but I sometimes want to force it to load one way or the
> other, with an explicit :e ++ff=unix for example.
>
> So, I'm trying to modify my autocmd to only act if I did not
> explicitly specify the fileformat on the command-line. I've tried
> using @:, but that does not seem to get updated until after my autocmd
> fires. I've tried using getcmdline(), but that is invalid (and returns
> an empty string) because the command-line is not currently being
> edited when the autocmd fires.
>
> My only other though is to set up a cnoremap <expr> mapping which maps
> <CR> to a function which stores off the getcmdline() result to a
> variable, then returns "\<CR>", so that it doesn't actually do
> anything but allows access to the currently executing command.
>
> I suspect this will work, but is there a better way?

Check, if v:cmdarg helps you.

regards,
Christian
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