Re: How to autosave files when terminal is closed

> "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?

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