Re: Bug? E216: No such group or event: filetypedetect BufReadPost msg in 14_XxdBack:

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Zach Pfeffer wrote:

> Posting this here based on the request at
> https://github.com/vim/vim/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md :
>
> "If you are not 100% sure that your problem is a Vim issue, please first
> discuss this on the Vim user maillist."
>
> Running:
>
> VIM - Vi IMproved 9.0 (2022 Jun 28, compiled Jun 28 2022 13:09:53)
> MS-Windows 32-bit GUI version with OLE support
> (the one downloadable from https://www.vim.org/download.php)
>
> ... I noticed a message when clicking Convert Back after Convert to HEX:
>
> Error detected while processing functions <SNR>14_XxdBack:
> line 9:
> E216: No such group or event: filetypedetect BufReadPost
>
> ...this message cleared when I pressed Enter.
>
> I found this message went away with this patch:
>
> --- menu.vim 2023-04-29 16:47:05.708417500 -0600
> +++ menu.vim.bak 2022-06-28 07:08:36.000000000 -0600
> @@ -599,10 +599,8 @@
> s:XxdFind()
> exe ':%!' .. g:xxdprogram .. ' -r'
> endif
> - if exists('did_load_filetypes')
> - set ft=
> - doautocmd filetypedetect BufReadPost
> - endif
> + set ft=
> + doautocmd filetypedetect BufReadPost
> &mod = mod
> enddef
>
> Is there a better solution? Should I file this as a bug?

Looks like your diff is the wrong way around.

Instead of checking for "did_load_filetypes" a more direct condition
would be to use:

if exists('#filetypedetect') && exists('#BufReadPost')
set ft=
doautocmd filetypedetect BufReadPost
endif

Does that work for you?


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