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## CmdlineEnter_CmdlineLeave.md

      
        
          
            
              
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                lacygoill
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                New events when you enter/leave a command line in Vim
              
          
        
      
        
  
      
    In patch 8.0.1206, Vim has added 2 new events: CmdlineEnter and CmdlineLeave. They are fired every time you enter or leave a command line.
Syntax

There are 7 types of command lines, including one for normal Ex commands, debug mode commands, search commands
(with a distinction between forward and backward), expressions, and inputs (more info at :h cmdwin-char).
Each of them is associated with a symbol among this set : > / ? = @ -.
You can limit the effect of an autocmd listening to CmdlineEnter / CmdlineLeave to one or several types of command lines by: