That works great! thanks a bunch -- Jason Zwolak
On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 5:02 PM, Carl Jacobsen <c...@ucsd.edu> wrote: > On Wed, 10 Mar 2010, Jason wrote: > > I am trying to get folds working for Java files in MacVim. To do so I >> added lines to >> >> /usr/share/vim/vim72/syntax/java.vim >> >> As recommended at http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Java/C/C%2B%2B_folding >> >> Now when I type "vim myfile.java" I get folds! Great! >> > > I believe it's generally best to avoid modifying manufacturer-supplied > files like this; you should be able to achieve the same effect by putting > your modified copy of java.vim in ~/.vim/syntax (thus, it'd be the file > ~/.vim/syntax/java.vim). Vim, and MacVim, will read these first, before > looking in the normal location. I have quite a few files in ~/.vim/syntax > for languages that aren't supplied with the stock Vim, or various tweaks or > updates to languages. > > > But when I run MacVim and open myfile.java... there are no folds and I get >> the error message "E490: No fold found" when I type "zc" on a foldable block >> of code. >> > > Right... those files you were modifying, under /usr/share/vim/vim72 ? > There's an entire (almost-but-not-quite) duplicate set of them under > /Applications/MacVim.app/Contents/Resources/vim/runtime. You'd have to > modify them there too. Another reason why ~/.vim is a good idea. > > Cheers, > Carl > > > -- > You received this message from the "vim_mac" maillist. > Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. > For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php > -- You received this message from the "vim_mac" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
