I have a separated function called Preserve which I can call from other functions,
It makes easy to use Preserve to do other stuff:
" remove consecutive blank lines
" see Preserve function definition
" another way to remove blank lines :g/^$/,/./-j
" Reference: https://stackoverflow.com/a/7496112/2571881
if !exists('*DelBlankLines')
fun! DelBlankLines() range
if !&binary && &filetype != 'diff'
call Preserve(':%s/\s\+$//e')
call Preserve(':%s/^\n\{2,}/\r/ge')
call Preserve(':%s/\v($\n\s*)+%$/\r/e')
endif
endfun
endif
In my case, I keep at least one blank line, but not more than one, at the end of the file.
" Utility function that save last search and cursor position
" http://technotales.wordpress.com/2010/03/31/preserve-a-vim-function-that-keeps-your-state/
" video from vimcasts.org: http://vimcasts.org/episodes/tidying-whitespace
" using 'execute' command doesn't overwrite the last search pattern, so I
" don't need to store and restore it.
" preserve function
if !exists('*Preserve')
function! Preserve(command)
try
let l:win_view = winsaveview()
"silent! keepjumps keeppatterns execute a:command
silent! execute 'keeppatterns keepjumps ' . a:command
finally
call winrestview(l:win_view)
endtry
endfunction
endif
Here's why I have a separated Preserve function:
command! -nargs=0 Reindent :call Preserve('exec "normal! gg=G"')
" join lines keeping cursor position
nnoremap J :call Preserve(':join')<CR>
nnoremap <Leader>J :call Preserve(':join!')<CR>
" Reloads vimrc after saving but keep cursor position
if !exists('*ReloadVimrcFunction')
function! ReloadVimrcFunction()
call Preserve(':source $MYVIMRC')
" hi Normal guibg=NONE ctermbg=NONE
windo redraw
echom "Reloaded init.vim"
endfunction
endif
noremap <silent> <Leader>v :drop $MYVIMRC<cr>
command! -nargs=0 ReloadVimrc :call ReloadVimrcFunction()
" Strip trailing whitespaces
command! Cls :call Preserve(':%s/\v\s+$//e')
And if by any chance you want to create an autocommand you must create a group
to avoid overloading autocommands:
augroup removetrailingspaces
au!
au! BufwritePre *.md,*.py,*.sh,*.zsh,*.txt :call Preserve(':%s/\v\s+$//e')
augroup END
This one is to change file headers (if you have any suggestions) feel free to interact:
" trying avoid searching history in this function
if !exists('*ChangeHeader')
fun! ChangeHeader() abort
if line('$')>=7
call Preserve(':1,7s/\v(Last (Change|Modified)|date):\s+\zs.*/\=strftime("%b %d, %Y - %H:%M")/ei')
endif
endfun
endif
" dos2unix ^M
if !exists('*Dos2unixFunction')
fun! Dos2unixFunction() abort
"call Preserve('%s/ $//ge')
call Preserve(":%s/\x0D$//e")
set ff=unix
set bomb
set encoding=utf-8
set fileencoding=utf-8
endfun
endif
com! Dos2Unix :call Dos2unixFunction()