Background I am using VIM and I would like for vim to run mix format on save (:w). However, I cannot find anything that does this. Does someone know a plugin for this? How many of you use VIM?

To answer your original problem: autocmd BufWritePre *.ex,*.exs execute "!mix format %" I use coc-elixir along coc.nvim… which provides coc-settings.json that can be used to configure formatting options. https://github.com/elixir-lsp/coc-elixir [image] Language servers Nodejs extensi…

I added this to my .vimrc: " format elixir files when saving augroup filetype_ex autocmd! autocmd BufPreWrite *.ex,*.exs mix format augroup END But I get this error: Error detected while processing /home/pedro/.vim/vimrc: line 140: E216: No such group or event: BufPreWrite *.ex,*.exs mix forma…

I use LunarVim , comes with language-server, etc built-in. Formatting is also included. Easiest VIM-setup in years.

According to this the autocmd event should be BufWritePre.

I use nvim, with coc and elixir-ls. I was not using format on save for elixir files (not sure why?), just turned it on, with coc, with Format elixir files on save · thenrio/dotfiles@264a9f9 · GitHub .

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hauleth December 2, 2022, 11:23am 2

Autocommand BufPreWrite would do. Just remember to wrap it in augroup.