> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric Arnold [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: 26 May 2006 16:07
> To: Zdenek Sekera
> Cc: vim-dev@vim.org
> Subject: Re: source, runtime and all that
>
> On 5/26/06, Eric Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Try expanding it.
> >
> > au SourcePre *.vim echomsg "afile=" . expand("<afile>")
> > au SourcePre *.vim let @a = <afile>
>
>
> au SourcePre *.vim let @a = expand("<afile>" )
>
That works nicely. Thanks!
Any idea about that runtime problem?
---Zdenek
>
> > On 5/26/06, Zdenek Sekera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > I'd like to before :sourc'ing a file to execute
> > > one of my scripts (always the same).
> > >
> > > I though the autocmd 'SourcePre' event will
> > > help nut I can't get it work the way I'd needed it:
> > >
> > > As a first test I did:
> > > :au SourcePre *.vim let g:sfile=<afile>
> > > then <amatch> (I know <sfile> will not
> > > work before it gets expanded too early)
> > >
> > > If I now do :source test.vim
> > > which contains just 'echo g:sfile'
> > > I get errors about invalid expression <afile>
> > > or <amatch> depending what I used for :au.
> > >
> > > The idea was to get the file name in g:sfile of the
> > > file which is about to be sourced so I can call my
> > > function (in that autocmd) to process the file
> > > before it's :sourced.
> > > How can this be done?
> > >
> > > I also thought 'runtime' is somehow equivalent
> > > to :source, except it is smart enough
> > > to use 'runtimepath'. Using the same test above
> > > (':runtime test.vim') I found this does *not*
> > > fire up the autocmd while :source does.
> > >
> > > Is this intentional or can it be considered a bug?
> > >
> > > ---Zdenek
> > >
> > > ----------------------------------------
> > > Zdenek Sekera | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > LHC Computing Grid Project | mobile: +41-76-487.4971
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> > >
> >
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