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@@ -52,9 +52,6 @@ effects. Be careful not to destroy your text.
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2. Defining autocommands *autocmd-define*
-Note: The ":autocmd" command cannot be followed by another command, since any
-'|' is considered part of the command.
-
*:au* *:autocmd*
:au[tocmd] [group] {event} {pat} [nested] {cmd}
Add {cmd} to the list of commands that Vim will
@@ -67,6 +64,12 @@ Note: The ":autocmd" command cannot be followed by another command, since any
The special pattern <buffer> or <buffer=N> defines a buffer-local autocommand.
See |autocmd-buflocal|.
+Note: The ":autocmd" command can only be followed by another command when the
+'|' appears before {cmd}. This works: >
+ :augroup mine | au! BufRead | augroup END
+But this sees "augroup" as part of the defined command: >
+ :augroup mine | au BufRead * set tw=70 | augroup END
+
Note that special characters (e.g., "%", "<cword>") in the ":autocmd"
arguments are not expanded when the autocommand is defined. These will be
expanded when the Event is recognized, and the {cmd} is executed. The only