autocmd vs augroup example

Question

Is there any difference between the following two commands:

autocmd FileType html,htmldjango inoremap <buffer> <leader>1 &nbsp;

And converted to an autocmd:

augroup filetype_html
    autocmd!
    autocmd FileType html,htmldjango inoremap <buffer> <leader>1 &nbsp;
augroup END

Is one preferable over the other, or are they two different ways of saying the same thing? If so, why should one be used over the other?

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score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 12 '20 at 06:13

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Always use augroup followed by autocmd!. Period.

The major problem is that executing

autocmd BufRead * echomsg 'foobar'

twice will result in printing foobar twice per each BufRead.

answered Jun 12 '20 at 06:13

Matt

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