On 19:15 Sat 16 Jul , Eric Weir wrote: > > On Jul 16, 2011, at 3:25 PM, Tony Mechelynck wrote: > > >> In Vim you can define the type of a file using 2 methods: > >> > >> * checking its extension, or filename > > > > This includes telling Vim that anything in $HOME/foo/bar/ is of filetype > > baz (/home/eric/foo/bar/* is a valid Unix glob for a "filename" here). > > Thanks, Tony. As I said to, Thilo. I think this may be the best solution in > this case. The files in question are all in subdirectories of a single > directory. I'm sorry, though. I'm a little dense. Javier's reference led me > to check out all the help related to new-filetype. I'm uncertain how to use > the information to define the filetype with these files. > > C.2. of the new-filetype help suggests creating a file with commands to > detect the filetype. Putting that together with your's and Thilo's > suggestion, would putting something like the following in my .vimrc do the > job? > > au! BufRead,BufNewFile *.~/foo/bar/* setfiletype markdown
Even better: au! BufEnter *.~/foo/bar/* setfiletype markdown see ':help BufEnter'. You can also use modelines to set file type, see ':help modeline'. Best, Marcin > > Probably that's all garbled, but perhaps it will enable you to point me in > the right direction. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Eric Weir > Decatur, GA USA > [email protected] > > > > > -- > You received this message from the "vim_use" 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_use" 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
