On Sun, 20 Aug 2023 10:56:26 -0700 (PDT) "Melvin Q. Watchpocket" <watchpac...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sunday, August 20, 2023 at 1:40:32 PM UTC-4 Christian Brabandt wrote: > [...] > > this does not seem to be a typical ini file. Not sure why you are using > > the .ini file extension. > > I'm runing Steve Gibson's DNSBench program under wine. > https://www.grc.com/dns/benchmark.htm > > It automatically creates a custom list of nearby DNS servers *as a .ini > file* and puts it in the same directory as the program.
ini files _should_ look similar to toml files. But I have seen many Windows software use ini files to store user configuration, without adhering to general ini format. I myself have done it (if only because I have seen others do it). Don't know what the history of this misuse is. > Before this, I probably have never before opened a .ini file in Vim. Look at Windows Terminal colortool schemes and see if Vim renders it with proper colors: https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/blob/d28b6bf1f2c5a0078e85fe68b3e7ca4c167c4223/src/tools/ColorTool/schemes/campbell.ini -- Enan > On Sunday, August 20, 2023 at 1:40:32___PM UTC-4 Christian Brabandt wrote: > > > > > On So, 20 Aug 2023, Melvin Q. Watchpocket wrote: > > > > > OK! This works! > > > I've replaced the old dosini.vim file with yours posted above. > > > > Great to hear. > > > > > > > > Using this file now as my /usr/share/vim/vim90/syntax/dosini.vim file, I > > can open a .ini file WITHOUT getting any error messages. > > > > > > Thank you, Christian! > > > > > > One question: should I be seeing some syntax coloring in a .ini file > > like the one I've opened in Vim? Here is the file, which appears in "black > > & white": > > > > > > 1 127.0.0.53 localhost > > > > 2 4.2.2.2 b.resolvers.level3.net > > > 3 4.2.2.4 d.resolvers.level3.net > > > 4 4.2.2.6 f.resolvers.level3.net > > > 5 64.69.98.35 spr-resolv3-sun.onecommunications.net > > > 6 64.80.255.251 ··· no official Internet DNS name ··· > > > 7 64.215.98.148 dns1.lon.gblx.net > > > 8 66.6.65.5 ··· no official Internet DNS name ··· > > > 9 66.28.0.45 res1.dns.cogentco.com > > > 10 66.92.159.2 dns.wdc1.speakeasy.net > > > 11 66.109.229.4 dns3.dejazzd.com > > > 12 66.153.50.66 dns1-nyc.paetec.net > > > 13 68.237.161.12 nsnyny01.verizon.net > > > 14 74.82.42.42 ordns.he.net > > > 15 129.250.35.250 x.ns.gin.ntt.net > > > 16 129.250.35.251 y.ns.gin.ntt.net > > > 17 151.197.0.37 world4.bellatlantic.net > > > 18 151.198.0.38 nsnwrk.bellatlantic.net > > > 19 151.198.0.39 home5.bellatlantic.net > > > 20 151.201.0.38 nspitt.bellatlantic.net > > > > this does not seem to be a typical ini file. Not sure why you are using > > the .ini file extension. > > > > Best, > > Christian > > -- > > You will be winged by an anti-aircraft battery. > > > -- -- 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. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/20230821004149.00003878%40gmail.com.
