Tom wrote: > Let's say, I want to edit a file that is on a volume that is not mounted yet. > From the perspective of vim, the file doesn't exist. Whenever I want to edit > that file, I have to mount that volume first. > > The docs on the BufReadPre event say: > > BufReadPre When starting to edit a new buffer, before > reading the file into the buffer. Not used > if the file doesn't exist. > > So, I cannot use this event to prepare reading a file that is > temporarily unavailable, e.g., because its volume isn't mounted yet. > > Is there another event that I can use to mount the volume before > reading the file.
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