Auto write option on following a link for edit

When you follow a link with "ge" you get an error if there are changes
to write, this ensures a write is done and the navigation is completed

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c1289f57d9244764593f797fa90ee4c9bb54651c..8318f7d85ae93450dfc544721830d0e4a1725ae8 100644 (file)
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -230,6 +230,13 @@ This is super useful for GitLab and GitHub wiki repositories.
 
 Normal behaviour would be that vim-markup required you to do this `[link text](link-url.md)`, but this is not how the Gitlab and GitHub wiki repositories work. So this option adds some consistency between the two. 
 
+### Auto-write when following link
+
+If you follow a link like this `[link text](link-url)` using the "ge" shortcut, this option will automatically save any edits you made before moving you:
+
+```vim
+let g:vim_markdown_autowrite = 1
+```
 
 ## Mappings
 

diff --git a/ftplugin/markdown.vim b/ftplugin/markdown.vim
index ef9cf595069731641d067728c1b0fa6548e8b1a8..be55efa4d408de4714c423e7c3496e0025067a10 100644 (file)
--- a/ftplugin/markdown.vim
+++ b/ftplugin/markdown.vim
@@ -582,6 +582,9 @@ if !exists("*s:EditUrlUnderCursor")
   function s:EditUrlUnderCursor()
       let l:url = s:Markdown_GetUrlForPosition(line('.'), col('.'))
       if l:url != ''
+          if get(g:, 'vim_markdown_autowrite', 0)
+            write
+          endif
           if get(g:, 'vim_markdown_no_extensions_in_markdown', 0)
               execute 'edit' fnamemodify(expand('%:~'), ':p:h').'/'.l:url.'.md'
           else