Test for autocommand that changes the buffer list, when doing ":ball". STARTTEST :au BufReadPost Xxx2 bdel /start of A1:.,/end of/w! Xxx1 " write test file Xxx1 $r2:.,/end of/w! Xxx2 " write test file Xxx2 $r3:.,/end of/w! Xxx3 " write test file Xxx3 $r4:ball " open window for all args, close Xxx2 :.,$w! test.out " Write contents of this file :w >>test.out " Append contents of second window (Xxx1) :/^start of/,$w >>test.out " Append contents of last window (this file) :!rm Xxx1 Xxx2 Xxx3 :qa! ENDTEST start of test file Xxx this is a test this is a test end of test file Xxx