Re: Vim-script question

On 2020-12-10, 'Klaus Jantzen' via vim_use wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I want to include in my .vimrc an autocommand that writes some new
> lines into an empty file e.g. an zsh script.
>
> So I wrote
>
> au  BufNewFile *.zsh :a "#! /usr/bin/zsh"
>
> but that does not do what I want (it does not do anything).
>
> So my question: How can I write with the autocommand one or more
> lines into an empty buffer?
>
> Thanks for your help.

The :a command does not take an argument, it starts inserting lines
that are typed after :a is executed. The following should do what
you want.

au BufNewFile *.zsh a
au BufNewFile *.zsh #!/usr/bin/zsh

Another command you could use is :put, e.g.,

au BufNewFile *.zsh 0put ='#!/usr/bin/zsh'

Regards,
Gary

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