Tests for autocommands: - FileWritePre writing a compressed file - FileReadPost reading a compressed file - BufNewFile reading a file template - BufReadPre decompressing the file to be read - FilterReadPre substituting characters in the temp file - FilterReadPost substituting characters after filtering - FileReadPre set options for decompression - FileReadPost decompress the file Note: This test will fail if "gzip" is not available. $GZIP is made empty, "-v" would cause trouble. Use a FileChangedShell autocommand to avoid a prompt for "Xtestfile.gz" being modified outside of Vim (noticed on Solaris). STARTTEST :so small.vim :let $GZIP = "" :au FileChangedShell * echo "caught FileChangedShell" :set bin :au FileWritePre *.gz '[,']!gzip :au FileWritePost *.gz undo :/start of testfile/,/end of testfile/w! Xtestfile.gz :au FileReadPost *.gz '[,']!gzip -d :$r Xtestfile.gz " Read and decompress the testfile :?startstart?,$w! test.out " Write contents of this file :au BufNewFile *.c read Xtest.c gg/^end of testfile :/start of test.c/+1,/end of test.c/-1w! Xtest.c :e! foo.c " Will load Xtest.c :au FileAppendPre *.out '[,']s/new/NEW/ :au FileAppendPost *.out !cat Xtest.c >>test.out :w>>test.out " Append it to the output file :au! FileAppendPre :" setup autocommands to decompress before reading and re-compress afterwards :au BufReadPre *.gz !gzip -d :au BufReadPre *.gz call rename(expand(":r"), expand("")) :au BufReadPost *.gz call rename(expand(""), expand(":r")) :au BufReadPost *.gz !gzip :r :e! Xtestfile.gz " Edit compressed file :w>>test.out " Append it to the output file :au FilterReadPre *.out call rename(expand(""), expand("").".t") :au FilterReadPre *.out !sed s/e/E/ .t > :au FilterReadPre *.out !rm .t :au FilterReadPost *.out '[,']s/x/X/g :e! test.out " Edit the output file :23,$!cat :au! FileReadPre *.gz !gzip -d :au FileReadPre *.gz call rename(expand(":r"), expand("")) :au! FileReadPost *.gz '[,']s/l/L/ :$r Xtestfile.gz " Read compressed file :w " write it, after filtering :au! " remove all autocommands :e " Edit test.out again :set nobin ff& " use the default fileformat for writing :w :qa! ENDTEST startstart start of testfile line 2 Abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz line 3 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx line 4 Abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz line 5 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx line 6 Abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz line 7 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx line 8 Abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz line 9 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx line 10 Abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz end of testfile start of test.c /* * Here is a new .c file */ end of test.c