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.

It is supposed to, but perhaps the catching of signals is not properly
setup. Not sure how to try it out other than closing the xterm
normally. If you "kill -9" the xterm it might not work. Closing the
window manager should also work OK. At least this mechanism is used to
avoid leaving swap files laying around, and that works quite well, thus
'autowriteall' should also work. But I don't think there is a test for
it.

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