Hi Tony, Thanks a lot. Works like a charm.
Sean A.J.Mechelynck wrote: > > Sean Lerner wrote: >> Hello, >> >> Syntax highlighting with Vim 7 is working for some of my files, but for >> others it's not. They're all for lighttpd config files, but it only >> works >> for one of those files. Why is this? >> >> My situation: >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2920 Nov 15 19:33 lighttpd.conf >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2920 Nov 15 22:47 lighttpd.conf.b.old >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2940 Nov 15 17:40 lighttpd.conf.mem >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5606 Nov 15 14:52 lighttpd.conf.old <-- >> syntax >> highlighting works >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5606 Nov 15 22:53 lighttpd.conf.old.b <-- >> syntax >> highlighting works (copy of light.conf.old) >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2600 Nov 15 15:06 lighttpd.conf.special >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2606 Nov 15 16:52 lighttpd.conf.working >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2933 Nov 15 19:28 lighttpd.conf~ >> >> But for the rest of the files, syntax highlighting doesn't work. >> >> Any pointers / tips appreciated. >> >> Sean > > Create (if it doesn't yet exist) or add to ~/.vim/filetype.vim (on Unix) > or > ~/vimfiles/filetype.vim (on Windows) the uncommented lines below: > > augroup filetypedetect > " the line above must be first > " > " etc. > " > autocmd BufRead,BufNewFile *.conf* setf conf > " > " etc > " > " the line below must be last > augroup END > > Create the directory if it doesn't yet exist; replace conf (after setf) by > whatever filetype (such as apache) you want it to be. > > > Best regards, > Tony. > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Syntax-highlighting-works-for-some-files%2C-but-not-for-others-tf2640675.html#a7377216 Sent from the Vim - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
