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nope, still nothing with
pattern=vim.fn.stdpath('config') .. "/plugin/*",
sus
i think it was fixed right
sometimes i forget not everybody is using master ðŸ«
s/cull/full
you wouldn't happen to have your config behind a symlink?
well, in the end I just want the equivalent of
au! BufWritePost ~/.config/nvim/* source %
does
pattern=vim.fn.resolve(vim.fn.stdpath("config")).."/plugin/*" work?
here's a more elegant way:
vim.cmd [[au! BufWritePost ~/.config/nvim/* source %]]
on archlinux, I have .config/nvim as a symlink and stdpath('config') works fine
no. it's been the only distro I have ever used. not a "look how hip I am"
(because the issue is specific to that)
oh they make autocmd with pattern= stdpath/plugin/* I see. You probably need to escape some things. maybe fnameescape or something. That's a weird case
the point is that the
pattern will not follow symlinks, while the BufWrite will
so the
BufWrite gets triggered for the link origin, while the pattern only sees the link target
so you manually need to resolve the latter for them to match up
basically,
pattern is Just A String for the API, not a (validated/expanded) path
(while the upstream ex command Does Magic, as a treat)
but also fnameescape() seems reasonable because your path could have funky chars
yeah I get it :)
(the point is how
<amatch> looks -- either escaped or not; you need to match that)
hmm. it's hard coming from years raw vim-script. Would only know via a test :)
I guess the API could just have amatch as a string and wouldn't need the escapes because the lua api uses strings, which are better than vim ex "parameter" which are very finicky
vimscript is super nice for configuring,
I still use it in places where it is nicer looking and lua for things I don't know how to do in vimscript :)
I still use it in places where it is nicer looking and lua for things I don't know how to do in vimscript :)
(well, not necessarily better - just less escape weirdness - but ex command arguments are very powerful, indeed)