A.J.Mechelynck wrote: > If it is other than "octave", the following will detect these *.m files: > > 1. Make sure that you have a directory named $VIM/vimfiles (for > system-wide detection) or $HOME/.vim (for single-user detection on Linux). > Create it if necessary (by $VIM, I mean the value of $VIM as set by Vim, > usually something like /usr/share/vim or /usr/local/share/vim -- check it > using ":echo $VIM" without the quotes). > > 2. In that directory, create or update a file named "filetype.vim" as > follows: > > - it should start with > > augroup filetypedetect > > - it should end with > > augroup END > > - anywhere between these two lines, it should have > > au BufRead,BufNewFile *.m setf octave > > 3. To activate the new autocommand, you may have to do > > :filetype off > :filetype on
Thanks a lot for the detailed instructions. I got it working now. thanks raju -- Kamaraju S Kusumanchi http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/kk288/ http://malayamaarutham.blogspot.com/
