Re: diffput does not trigger TextChanged event

On Sun, Feb 14, 2016 at 1:41 AM, Rick Howe <rdcxy754@ybb.ne.jp> wrote:
> I am using vim7.4 and trying to develop a diff related script. I found that diffget triggers a TextChanged event, but diffput does not. I set an autocommand something like this:
>
> au! TextChanged * echo 'got it on ' . bufnr('%')
>
> Is that a defect or a regular behavior?

It is by design. TextChanged only regards the _current_ buffer, as
mentioned in ":help TextChanged".

Would be an interesting feature if the event could be handled for
other buffers, but Vim is not well-equipped to manipulate any buffer
that is not the current buffer[1].

[1] https://github.com/neovim/neovim/issues/901

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Justin M. Keyes

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