commit 8cc6d8b187d53c70c5fdc8fb83d4d3cef35e6d44
author Luuk van Baal <luukvbaal@gmail.com> Sat May 31 12:10:31 2025 +0200
committer Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> Sat May 31 12:10:31 2025 +0200
tree 8586f2497837123fefd1cc28af521e262df860c1
parent 647d7f738954c87666a182afbaf24af17402a064

patch 9.1.1419: It is difficult to ignore all but some events

Problem:  It is difficult to ignore all but some events.
Solution: Add support for a "-" prefix syntax in '(win)eventignore' that
          subtracts an event from the ignored set if present
          (Luuk van Baal).

closes: #17392

Signed-off-by: Luuk van Baal <luukvbaal@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>

src/testdir/gen_opt_test.vim

diff --git a/src/testdir/gen_opt_test.vim b/src/testdir/gen_opt_test.vim
index 1f15453..5b9616f 100644
--- a/src/testdir/gen_opt_test.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/gen_opt_test.vim
@@ -195,9 +195,9 @@
       \		['xxx']],
       \ 'eadirection': [['', 'both', 'ver', 'hor'], ['xxx', 'ver,hor']],
       \ 'encoding': [['latin1'], ['xxx', '']],
-      \ 'eventignore': [['', 'WinEnter', 'WinLeave,winenter', 'all,WinEnter'],
+      \ 'eventignore': [['', 'WinEnter', 'WinLeave,winenter', 'all,WinEnter', 'all,-WinLeave'],
       \		['xxx']],
-      \ 'eventignorewin': [['', 'WinEnter', 'WinLeave,winenter', 'all,WinEnter'],
+      \ 'eventignorewin': [['', 'WinEnter', 'WinLeave,winenter', 'all,WinEnter', 'all,-WinLeave'],
       \		['xxx', 'WinNew']],
       \ 'fileencoding': [['', 'latin1', 'xxx'], []],
       \ 'fileformat': [['', 'dos', 'unix', 'mac'], ['xxx']],

src/testdir/test_autocmd.vim

diff --git a/src/testdir/test_autocmd.vim b/src/testdir/test_autocmd.vim
index dfeb93f..3dc4960 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_autocmd.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_autocmd.vim
@@ -5463,4 +5463,20 @@
   %bw!
 endfunc
 
+func Test_eventignore_subtract()
+  set eventignore=all,-WinEnter
+  augroup testing
+    autocmd!
+    autocmd WinEnter * ++once let s:triggered = 1
+  augroup END
+
+  new
+  call assert_equal(1, s:triggered)
+
+  set eventignore&
+  unlet! s:triggered
+  call CleanUpTestAuGroup()
+  %bw!
+endfunc
+
 " vim: shiftwidth=2 sts=2 expandtab

src/testdir/test_options.vim

diff --git a/src/testdir/test_options.vim b/src/testdir/test_options.vim
index 8679198..e85dd6a 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_options.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_options.vim
@@ -602,6 +602,7 @@
 
   " Other string options that queries the system rather than fixed enum names
   call assert_equal(['all', 'BufAdd'], getcompletion('set eventignore=', 'cmdline')[0:1])
+  call assert_equal(['-BufAdd', '-BufCreate'], getcompletion('set eventignore=all,-', 'cmdline')[0:1])
   call assert_equal(['WinLeave', 'WinResized', 'WinScrolled'], getcompletion('set eiw=', 'cmdline')[-3:-1])
   call assert_equal('latin1', getcompletion('set fileencodings=', 'cmdline')[1])
   call assert_equal('top', getcompletion('set printoptions=', 'cmdline')[0])