John Little wrote:
Hi all
No one has mentioned the feedkeys() work-around (ahem, swallow) for
this, if you want periodic events. For example,
function! Timer()
echo strftime("%c")
let K_IGNORE = "\x80\xFD\x35" " internal key code that is ignored
call feedkeys(K_IGNORE)
endfunction
au CursorHold,CursorHoldI * :call Timer()
turns vim into a clock. It doesn't work in visual, command, and
operator pending mode. I use it as a tail -f viewer (replace the echo
with checktime | normal G) for log files I want to have syntax
highlighted, a practice I find really helpful.
Regards, John Little
If it works, it also turns the CursorHold[I] events frome one-shot timers to
repeat clocks, so invoke the function (replacing the :echo by nothing) then
trigger anything that must be called repeatedly from _another_
CursorHold,CursorHoldI autocommand (which may be defined in a different script).
If this timer autocommand is defined in its own augroup (let's say
timerrepeat) you can turn it off easily: ":au! timerrepeat".
Warning: It is possible that some plugins expect the CursorHold[I] events to
fire only once in periods of inactivity of any duration.
Best regards,
Tony.
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