On Thu, 21 Jun 2001, David L. Nicol wrote:
> gvim has a drop-down menu so you can change your highligting rules
> at will. Perl currently has two different ones, depending on if you
> are doing code or pod, so switching to display in C colors while you work
> on your C is simple. You're only looking at one piece at a time, so
> change. So what if the colors are wrong for the part you're not looking at.
Because sometimes perl or C or foo might have a construct in it that isn't
understood by the mode you're currently in, which can mangle the indentation
completely. Here docs in c mode or // comments in perl/cperl mode would be a
good example.
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Vivek