I'm trying to source a syntax script using modeline
// vim:so $HOME/.vim/syntax/vera.vim
I'm getting the following error:
Error detected while processing modelines:
line 46:
E518: Unknown option: $HOME/.vim/syntax/vera.vim
What is wrong ?
A couple things:
1) the modeline can only be used to set options, not to perform
arbitrary Ex commands.
:help modeline
...
{options} a list of option settings, separated with
white space or ':', where each part between
':' is the argument for a ":set" command
...
2) even if it were to allow arbitrary Ex commands, they are
executed within the sandbox which prohibits access to other files:
:help sandbox
These items are not allowed in the sandbox
...
-reading or writing a file
...
It looks like what you want is a custom filetype for your
particular "vera" filetype. You can learn more about creating
your own custom file types than any sane person should want to
know by reading
:help new-filetype
Hope this gives you some direction,
-tim
