Thanks Tony. I don't know what else to do. Most of this Vim code is over my head. I am using Vim 7.3 on Windows 7. This is what it says in my :h runtimepath:
PC, OS/2: "$HOME/vimfiles, $VIM/vimfiles, $VIMRUNTIME, $VIM/vimfiles/after, $HOME/vimfiles/after" This is a list of directories which will be searched for runtime files: filetype.vim filetypes by file name |new-filetype| scripts.vim filetypes by file contents |new-filetype-scripts| autoload/ automatically loaded scripts |autoload-functions| colors/ color scheme files |:colorscheme| compiler/ compiler files |:compiler| doc/ documentation |write-local-help| ftplugin/ filetype plugins |write-filetype-plugin| indent/ indent scripts |indent-expression| keymap/ key mapping files |mbyte-keymap| lang/ menu translations |:menutrans| menu.vim GUI menus |menu.vim| plugin/ plugin scripts |write-plugin| print/ files for printing |postscript-print-encoding| spell/ spell checking files |spell| syntax/ syntax files |mysyntaxfile| tutor/ files for vimtutor |tutor| So what code do I put in what file? Regards, wolfv On Dec 26, 8:27 pm, Tony Mechelynck <antoine.mechely...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 27/12/11 03:49, wolfv wrote: > > > Thanks Thilo and Tony. > > > I Changed my filetype.vim code so when there is a # at the beginning > > of the first 3 lines, Vim sets generic configuration. i.e. I deleted > > this line: > > > \ || getline(4) =~ '^#' || getline(5) =~ '^#' > > > My txt files won't have a # in the first 3 lines, so that's good > > enough. > > ...except that making changes in anything in the $VIMRUNTIME tree is one > quite common way of, as Tim put it, "shooting yourself in the foot". Any > upgrade may (and one of them surely will, next week or next year) > replace $VIMRUNTIME/filetype.vim by a new version without telling you, > and any changes you made there will be gone. This is part of the > "normal" Vim way of doing things. Local changes should go in the _other_ > directory trees listed in 'runtimepath' (installation-specific in $VIM > or user-specific in $HOME), $VIMRUNTIME is _only_ for _unchanged_ > versions of runtime files distributed _together_ with Vim. > > Best regards, > Tony. > -- > There's no point in being grown up if you can't be childish sometimes. > -- Dr. Who -- 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