On Fri, Dec 21, 2018 at 3:53 AM Tony Mechelynck <antoine.mechely...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 21, 2018 at 3:39 AM 'Grant Taylor' via vim_use > <vim_use@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > > > On 12/20/18 5:27 PM, Peng Yu wrote: > > > Hi > > > > Hi, > > > > > vim recognize ~/.ssh/config. But I'd like to recognize it in a none > > > standard location via some file extension. Is there a standard file > > > extension that will make vim recognize it in a none standard location? > > > Thanks. > > > > I don't know the nuances of file type detection. But I do know that you > > can easily set it for any arbitrary file by running the following command: > > > > :set syntax=sshconfig > > > > If you support mode lines (?) you can add that. > > Normally you set 'filetype', not 'syntax'. The difference is that > 'filetype' sources the appropriate filetype-plugin(s) (which declare > filetype-specific mappings, etc.); if filetype indenting is on it also > sources the appropriate indent script, and in addition to all that it > sets 'syntax' to the value of 'filetype' in order (if syntax > highlighting is on) to setup the syntax highlighting. Setting only > 'syntax' would set the syntax highlighting but not the mappings and > (even if you have used "filetype indent on") not the filetype-specific > indenting.
P.S. And regardless of whether you set 'filetype' or 'syntax', use :setlocal, not plain :set, in order to avoid setting the default for new files you write from scratch (the global default should be empty). > > Best regards, > Tony. -- -- 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 because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vim_use+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.