Thank you; that makes sense! I tried putting the file in ~/.vim/ftplugin and it had no effect. Could you suggest another place to try?
--David > On Jul 8, 2023, at 11:28 PM, Yee Cheng Chin <[email protected]> wrote: > > I think the reason why the article you linked to uses a ftplugin file in .vim > folder is to make sure it only gets set when you are editing a Markdown file. > Otherwise if you do it in your own vimrc it will be set for all file types > unless you explicitly uses a FileType auto-command to do the same thing. My > guess is that you put the file at the wrong place, which resulted in it not > being loaded in. > > On Saturday, July 8, 2023 at 9:54:54 PM UTC-7 David Finton wrote: >> Solved. >> >> I looked for info on setting the variable makeprg in Vim. In Vim, ":set mp" >> showed me that the makeprg variable was still set to its default value of >> "make". But I also realized that I could change that setting in my ~/_vimrc >> file, rather than in a script under the ".vim" folder. >> >> I used the same exact setting line from Rob Allen's article, but I used it >> to set the "makeprg" variable directly in my vimrc. >> >> Works like a charm. >> >> >> On Tuesday, July 4, 2023 at 5:27:22 PM UTC-7 David Finton wrote: >>> I found a simple recipe for configuring ".make" in MacVim to automatically >>> bring up Marked 2 for markdown rendering as I edit. I can't get it to >>> work. Perhaps there is a simpler way? >>> >>> The recipe is from Rob Allen: Use Vim's :make to preview markdown >>> <https://dzone.com/articles/use-vims-make-to-preview-markdown> >>> >>> So I have the file ~/.vim/ftplugin/markdown.vim, and it contains the >>> following line: >>> set makeprg=open\ -a\ Marked\\\ 2.app <http://2.app/>\ '%:p' >>> >>> When I try ":make" in MacVim, it reports the following: >>> >>> make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop. >>> >>> I can manually start Marked 2, and in Marked 2 find the file I'm editing >>> and open it, and that works. But I would like to do this with a keystroke >>> from MacVim. Rob Allen's page filled me with hope that this was possible >>> and easy. Am I close? >>> >>> Thanks! > > > -- > -- > 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 because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google > Groups "vim_mac" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/vim_mac/246RNCSsiyo/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_mac/3b27eef1-ac93-4217-a134-19ca8c8d930fn%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_mac/3b27eef1-ac93-4217-a134-19ca8c8d930fn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- -- 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 because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_mac" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_mac/51B3A150-DD9C-4A6B-A217-A0D2AFB7D5D6%40gmail.com.
