Is there some command that needs to be present in .vimrc to cause Vim to load scripts based on the filetype?
On Sunday, July 9, 2023 at 1:33:34 AM UTC-7 David Finton wrote: > Okay. Yee Cheng reminds me that I should be able to restrict this > behavior to the markdown filetype. And this should work by means of > ~/.vim/ftplugin/markdown.vim. > > Indeed! This works for me -- but only if I hide my personal .vimrc file! > In fact, if that file exists, the markdown.vim script will not be loaded, > *even > if the .vimrc is empty! *I confirmed this via the :scriptnames command > in the editor. > > What is going wrong, that simply doing "touch .vimrc" to create an empty > .vimrc file is sufficient to cause this mechanism to fail? > > So... rename / remove my .vimrc, and I can open a '.md' file in MacVim, > and the :scriptnames command shows ~/.vim/ftplugin/markdown.vim is loaded. > Now I close that file, and do "touch .vimrc" at the commandline, and open > the same file... and markdown.vim is not loaded. The file .vimrc exists -- > but it's empty. > > > On Sunday, July 9, 2023 at 12:31:05 AM UTC-7 David Finton wrote: > >> Thank you; that makes sense! I tried putting the file in >> ~/.vim/ftplugin and it had no effect. Could you suggest another place to >> try? >> >> --David >> >> >> >> On Jul 8, 2023, at 11:28 PM, Yee Cheng Chin <ychin....@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I think the reason why the article you linked to uses a ftplugin file in >> .vim folder is to make sure it only gets set when you are editing a >> Markdown file. Otherwise if you do it in your own vimrc it will be set for >> all file types unless you explicitly uses a FileType auto-command to do the >> same thing. My guess is that you put the file at the wrong place, which >> resulted in it not being loaded in. >> >> On Saturday, July 8, 2023 at 9:54:54 PM UTC-7 David Finton wrote: >> >>> Solved. >>> >>> I looked for info on setting the variable makeprg in Vim. In Vim, ":set >>> mp" showed me that the makeprg variable was still set to its default value >>> of "make". But I also realized that I could change that setting in my >>> ~/_vimrc file, rather than in a script under the ".vim" folder. >>> >>> I used the same exact setting line from Rob Allen's article, but I used >>> it to set the "makeprg" variable directly in my vimrc. >>> >>> Works like a charm. >>> >>> >>> On Tuesday, July 4, 2023 at 5:27:22 PM UTC-7 David Finton wrote: >>> >>>> I found a simple recipe for configuring ".make" in MacVim to >>>> automatically bring up Marked 2 for markdown rendering as I edit. I can't >>>> get it to work. Perhaps there is a simpler way? >>>> >>>> The recipe is from Rob Allen: Use Vim's :make to preview markdown >>>> <https://dzone.com/articles/use-vims-make-to-preview-markdown> >>>> >>>> So I have the file ~/.vim/ftplugin/markdown.vim, and it contains the >>>> following line: >>>> >>>> set makeprg=open\ -a\ Marked\\\ 2.app\ '%:p' >>>> When I try ":make" in MacVim, it reports the following: >>>> >>>> make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop. >>>> >>>> I can manually start Marked 2, and in Marked 2 find the file I'm >>>> editing and open it, and that works. But I would like to do this with a >>>> keystroke from MacVim. Rob Allen's page filled me with hope that this was >>>> possible and easy. Am I close? >>>> >>>> Thanks! >>>> >>> >> -- >> -- >> You received this message from the "vim_mac" maillist. >> Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. >> For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "vim_mac" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/vim_mac/246RNCSsiyo/unsubscribe. >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> vim_mac+u...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_mac/3b27eef1-ac93-4217-a134-19ca8c8d930fn%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_mac/3b27eef1-ac93-4217-a134-19ca8c8d930fn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> >> >> -- -- You received this message from the "vim_mac" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_mac" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vim_mac+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_mac/fc3fb6bc-d75b-465a-bee6-d4aaa5ff2560n%40googlegroups.com.
