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DanielGibbs
DanielGibbs

Reputation: 10183

Get Vim to automatically close when there are no more file buffers

If I open vim to edit multiple files using an invocation such as vim file1 file2 file3 and then proceed to edit each file and close the buffer using :bd I am left with an empty buffer once I have closed all the file buffers.

How would I change the behaviour so that when I close the last file buffer (with :bd), instead of dropping me into an empty buffer, Vim quits instead. Similar to nanos behaviour when editing multiple files and using Ctrl+X to close a buffer.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 196

Answers (2)

G--
G--

Reputation: 924

This should achieve what you're asking for. It iterates over all potential buffers and checks whether there are any buffers still listed or empty. The check is triggered whenever a buffer is deleted.

:autocmd BufDelete * if len(filter(range(1, bufnr('$')), '!empty(bufname(v:val)) && buflisted(v:val)')) == 1 | quit | endif

Upvotes: 5

David C. Rankin
David C. Rankin

Reputation: 84531

How would I change the behaviour so that when I close the last file buffer, 
instead of dropping me into an empty buffer, Vim quits instead.

After your last edit, end with :wqa

If that isn't the behavior you are looking for perhaps you are looking for bbye

Upvotes: 0

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