function nvim_create_augroups(definitions)
  for group_name, definition in pairs(definitions) do
    vim.cmd('augroup ' .. group_name)
    vim.cmd('autocmd!')
    for _, def in ipairs(definition) do
      local command = table.concat(vim.tbl_flatten{'autocmd', def}, ' ')
      vim.cmd(command)
    end
    vim.cmd('augroup END')
  end
end

local autocmds = {
    packer = {
        { 'BufWritePost', 'plugins.lua', 'PackerCompile' };
    };
    restore_cursor = {
        { 'BufRead', '*', [[call setpos(".", getpos("'\""))]] };
    };
    save_shada = {
        {'VimLeave', '*', 'wshada!'};
    };
    resize_windows_proportionally = {
        { 'VimResized', '*', ':wincmd =' };
    };
    toggle_search_highlighting = {
        { 'InsertEnter', '*', 'setlocal nohlsearch' };
    };
    lua_highlight = {
        { 'TextYankPost', '*', [[silent! lua vim.highlight.on_yank() {higroup='IncSearch', timeout=400}]] };
    };
    ansi_esc_log = {
        { 'BufEnter', '*.log', ':AnsiEsc' };
    };
    file_type = {
      {'BufRead,BufNewFile', '*.simvis', 'set filetype=xml'};
      {'BufRead,BufNewFile', '*.simcfg,*.simcon,*.simudex', 'set filetype=cfg'};
      {'BufRead,BufNewFile', 'Jenkinsfile*', 'set filetype=groovy'};
      {'BufRead,BufNewFile', '*.manifest', 'set filetype=xml'};
      {'BufRead,BufNewFile', 'SConstruct,SConscript', 'set filetype=python'};
    }
}

nvim_create_augroups(autocmds)