From 1e070cb96a55392dd0996343055ef3e9c09030c2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: amarakon <amar.al-zubaidi45@tutanota.com>
Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2022 21:00:03 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] README: improve `autocmd` instructions

---
 README.md | 17 ++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 86ac7f5b..27c8254f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ You can configure Neovim to automatically run `:PackerCompile` whenever `plugins
 ```
 augroup packer_user_config
   autocmd!
-  autocmd BufWritePost plugins.lua source <afile> | PackerCompile
+  autocmd BufWritePost plugins.lua source | PackerCompile
 augroup end
 ```
 
@@ -213,12 +213,15 @@ This autocommand can be placed in your `init.vim`, or any other startup file as
 Placing this in `plugins.lua` could look like this:
 
 ```lua
-vim.cmd([[
-  augroup packer_user_config
-    autocmd!
-    autocmd BufWritePost plugins.lua source <afile> | PackerCompile
-  augroup end
-]])
+vim.api.nvim_create_augroup('packer_user_config', {})
+vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd(
+  'BufWritePost',
+  {
+    group = 'packer_user_config',
+    pattern = 'plugins.lua',
+    command = 'source | PackerCompile'
+  }
+)
 ```
 
 ## Bootstrapping