Donal wrote:
And I have confirmed that clipper.vim IS the script being used. Here
is a question... is myfiletypes.vim still being used, or has it been
deprecated? I started using vim way back in 3.x... all I can find in
the help files refers to filetypedetect and the ftdetect directory...
By searching on filetype I found a reference to myfiletypefile that
mentions that myfiletypes.vim is for backward support for vim 5.x
only... so it looks like it may have been recently removed. This would
explain alot... I guess I better read up on using the ftdetect
directory :(
Here's an example of a .vim/filetype.vim file, used to select a syntax
(in this case, asave.vim).
====================================================
" filetype.vim:
" Author: Charles E. Campbell, Jr.
" Date: September 25, 2000
if exists("did_load_myfiletypes")
finish
endif
let did_load_myfiletypes= 1
augroup filetypedetect
au BufNewFile,BufReadPost asav*.txt setf asave
augroup END
====================================================
If you have a file that needs a bit of snooping to determine what type
it is, you may also have a .vim/scripts.vim file. Again, here's an example:
====================================================
" DrChip's scripts -- ie. those files which are ambiguously named
" so I have to do further testing to see if they qualify for specific
" syntax stuff
if !has("syntax_items")
" handles my tmp[0-9]* debugging files
if expand("<afile>") =~ '^tmp'
if getline(2) =~ "^|" || getline(3) =~ "^|"
setf dbg
endif
endif
endif
====================================================
If you're using Windows, then instead of ~/.vim/ you'll need to use
--wherever--\vimfiles\ ...
Furthermore, if you want a personal syntax file, put it into
.vim/syntax
And, if you merely wish to extend syntax, put a
same-name-as-the-filetype.vim file with the extensions in
.vim/after/syntax
Regards,
Chip Campbell
