autosave.nvim

autosave.nvim is a Neovim and Vim plugin that provides automatic saving functionality. It allows you to toggle autosave on and off, check the current autosave status, and customize the plugin's behavior.

Installation

This plugin requires Vim >= 8.2.3288 with +lua or Neovim >= 0.9

Using lazy.nvim (recommended) 💤

require("lazy").setup({
    {
        "brianhuster/autosave.nvim",
        event="InsertEnter",
        opts = {} -- Configuration here
    },
})

rocks.nvim 🪨

:Rocks install live-preview.nvim

vim-plug 🔌

Plug 'brianhuster/autosave.nvim' 

Native package (without a plugin manager) 📦

• Neovim

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brianhuster/live-preview.nvim ~/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/brianhuster/start/live-preview.nvim

• Vim

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brianhuster/live-preview.nvim ~/.vim/pack/brianhuster/start/live-preview.nvim

Usage

To enable autosave

:Autosave on

To disable autosave

:Autosave off

To toggle autosave

:Autosave toggle

To check the current autosave status

:Autosave status

Configuration

• Vimscript

g:autosave_enabled = v:true " Enable autosave when the plugin is loaded. Set to v:false to disable autosave, and only enable it when you run the :AutoSave toggle command.
g:autosave_disable_inside_paths = [] " A list of paths inside which autosave should be disabled. In Neovim, it is recommended to set this to [stdpath('config')] to disable autosave for files inside your Neovim configuration directory, so that Neovim doesn't reload whenever you type inside your configuration files.

• Lua (only available in Neovim)

require("autosave").setup({
    enabled = true, -- Enable autosave when the plugin is loaded. Set to false to disable autosave, and only enable it when you run the :AutoSave toggle command.
    disable_inside_paths = {}, -- A list of paths inside which autosave should be disabled. In Neovim, it is recommended to set this to {vim.fn.stdpath('config')} to disable autosave for files inside your Neovim configuration directory, so that Neovim doesn't reload whenever you type inside your configuration files.
})

Contributing

If you encounter any issues or have suggestions for improvement, please feel free to open an issue or submit a pull request on this GitHub repository.