问题
I am confused between the two events BufRead and BufEnter. What is the difference between them?
Some example scenarios where I would choose one over the other would be greatly helpful.
回答1:
A buffer is the in-memory representation of a file; to edit one, it has to be displayed in a window.
The BufRead event is triggered after Vim has read the file into its memory. Unless you reload via :edit!, this only happens once.
The BufEnter is fired whenever you activate a certain buffer, i.e. when it becomes the buffer the cursor is in. For example when you have split windows that show different buffers, and you move between then. Also in a single window, when you use a command like <C-^>, :bnext to change which buffer is currently edited.
回答2:
BufRead is triggered after the buffer has been populated with the content of a file.
BufEnter is triggered after you enter a buffer for editing.
You may use BufNew, BufRead or BufAdd if you want to do something upon the creation of the buffer: setting some global variable, populating a buffer list of your own for use in a script.
You may use BufEnter when you want to set specific options depending on the filetype or whatever.
来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15129517/what-is-the-difference-between-bufread-and-bufenter