From dacc81b2523c0ee99a3f290a1e3f5b8bb3ff5f8f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Charles Danesi <charles@charlesdanesi.net>
Date: Fri, 22 May 2026 13:56:57 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] chore: add autosave for markdown files

---
 .config/nvim/lua/core/autosave.lua | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 .config/nvim/lua/core/options.lua  |  1 +
 2 files changed, 43 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .config/nvim/lua/core/autosave.lua

diff --git a/.config/nvim/lua/core/autosave.lua b/.config/nvim/lua/core/autosave.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0ce29d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.config/nvim/lua/core/autosave.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+local group = vim.api.nvim_create_augroup('NotesAutosave', { clear = true })
+
+local note_filetypes = {
+   markdown = true,
+   telekasten = true,
+}
+
+local function should_save(buf)
+   if not vim.api.nvim_buf_is_valid(buf) then return false end
+   if not note_filetypes[vim.bo[buf].filetype] then return false end
+   if not vim.bo[buf].modified then return false end
+   if vim.bo[buf].readonly or not vim.bo[buf].modifiable then return false end
+   if vim.api.nvim_buf_get_name(buf) == '' then return false end
+   return true
+end
+
+local function save(buf)
+   if should_save(buf) then vim.api.nvim_buf_call(buf, function()
+      vim.cmd('silent! write')
+   end) end
+end
+
+vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd({
+   'BufLeave',
+   'WinLeave',
+   'FocusLost',
+}, {
+   group = group,
+   callback = function(args)
+      save(args.buf)
+   end,
+})
+
+vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd({
+   'CursorHold',
+   'CursorHoldI',
+}, {
+   group = group,
+   callback = function(args)
+      save(args.buf)
+   end,
+})
diff --git a/.config/nvim/lua/core/options.lua b/.config/nvim/lua/core/options.lua
index 1a07440..b441b0b 100644
--- a/.config/nvim/lua/core/options.lua
+++ b/.config/nvim/lua/core/options.lua
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ o.clipboard:append('unnamedplus') -- use system clipboard as the default registe
 o.cdhome = false -- :cd shows cwd
 o.backspace = 'indent,eol,start'
 o.spelllang = 'en_us'
+o.updatetime = 30000 -- AutoSave interval = 30 seconds
 --  ───────────────────────────────────────────────────── appearance ──
 o.showmode = false
 o.termguicolors = true