On Jan 17, 2011, at 11:28 AM, Robert Hicks wrote:

> I have a bunch of things I set when the FileType is Perl. Instead of
> writing:
> 
> autocmd FileType perl set foo
> autocmd FileType perl set bar
> autocmd FileType perl set baz
> 
> Can I just lump them all as "perl" and just do:
> 
> set foo
> set bar
> set baz
> 

Not sure what you have in mind, but you can set multiple options in the same 
line:

au FileType perl set foo bar baz

You can even put multiple commands in the same line, see  :h :bar

> As a side question....on the "set" command.
> 
> I have seen "autocmd FileType perl :set" using a colon before the set
> and "autocmd FileType perl set" with no colon before the set.
> 
> Does the colon matter?

It's optional.

Israel

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