A plugin to automatically save your files

This plugin uses timers to automatically save your work as temporary files.

This makes use of the new timer functionality available with Vim 8. Backup files will be written (by default every 5 minutes if the buffer was changed) in your backupdir setting with a default extensions of '.backup'

Unnamed buffers will be saved as 'unnamed_buffer_<YYYYMMDD_HHMM>.txt.backup'

Use the plugin manager of your choice.

Alternatively, since Vim 8 includes a package manager by default, clone this repository below ~/.vim/pack/dist/start/

You should have a directory ~/.vim/pack/dist/start/vim-autosave That directory will be loaded automatically by Vim.

Once installed, take a look at the help at :h vim-autosave (not yet available).

Here is a short overview of the functionality provided by the plugin:

:EnableAutoSave     - Enable the plugin (by default every 5 minutes)
:DisableAutoSave    - Disable the plugin
:AutoSave <millis>  - Enable the plugin (every <millis> milliseconds)
:AutoSave           - Output status of the plugin

:let g:autosave_extensions = '.backup'  - extension used for saving modified files
:let g:autosave_backup     = '~/.vim/backup' - directory where to save backup files
:let g:autosave_max_copies = 20 - max number of copies (per file)
:let g:autosave_timer      = 60*5*1000  - number of milliseconds to trigger
                                          (by default every 5 minutes)

When g:autosave_backup is defined and the directory exists, the path of the saved buffer will be encoded into the filename, encoding directory separators by '=+'.

Developed by Christian Brabandt. The Vim License applies. See :h license

© 2009-2016 by Christian Brabandt

NO WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. USE AT-YOUR-OWN-RISK