Re: Specifying vim options in the files being edited

2006-09-08 Thread Luc Hermitte
Hello, * On Fri, Sep 08, 2006 at 04:27:54PM -0400, Jean-Rene David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * Russell Bateman [2006.09.08 15:30]: > > You see that pretty well anything you can do on > > the ex command line in Vim (:set ignorecase, > > etc.), you can put in these modelines. > > That's not tr

Re: Specifying vim options in the files being edited

2006-09-08 Thread A.J.Mechelynck
Aaron Johnson wrote: List, How can I include vim settings in the files I'm editing? For example, if system wide I have syntax highlighting disabled but I want to enable it just for one particular file. For c code I'd like to be able to include something like this: /* * ?:syntax on */ It wo

Re: Specifying vim options in the files being edited

2006-09-08 Thread Charles E Campbell Jr
Russell Bateman wrote: You can put these modelines at the top of your file or the bottom. Also, they can go on other lines, but I think there's a limit there and yet another setting to change how tolerant Vim is in looking for them, but as this approach suits me, I haven't experimented a lot

Re: Specifying vim options in the files being edited

2006-09-08 Thread Jean-Rene David
* Russell Bateman [2006.09.08 15:30]: > You see that pretty well anything you can do on > the ex command line in Vim (:set ignorecase, > etc.), you can put in these modelines. That's not true. You can only set options. Excerpt from :help modeline: No other commands than "set" are supported,

Re: Specifying vim options in the files being edited

2006-09-08 Thread Russell Bateman
Just in case my answer will get you going a little quicker (because I've always found vim help useful, but it's a lot more useful to those who already know--I've scratched my head and had to experiment a lot for even simple things)... You can put these modelines at the top of your file or the

RE: Specifying vim options in the files being edited

2006-09-08 Thread Steve Hall
From: "Aaron Johnson", Fri, September 08, 2006 1:32 pm > > How can I include vim settings in the files I'm editing? For > example, if system wide I have syntax highlighting disabled but I > want to enable it just for one particular file. For c code I'd like > to be able to include something like t

Specifying vim options in the files being edited

2006-09-08 Thread Aaron Johnson
List, How can I include vim settings in the files I'm editing? For example, if system wide I have syntax highlighting disabled but I want to enable it just for one particular file. For c code I'd like to be able to include something like this: /* * ?:syntax on */ It would have to always alw