How can I make Vim autosave files when it loses focus?

Question

I\'m used to my editors autosaving files when they lose focus. I recently switched to MacVim, and I can\'t recreate that behavior. I tried this:

autocmd Bu         


        

Answer 1

You don’t care about errors in those circumstances since there is nothing you can reasonably do about them anyway – especially when losing focus. So just swallow them:

autocmd BufLeave,FocusLost * silent! wall

Much simpler than an elaborate dance to figure out where there would be an error in order to avoid it.