>> http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Syntax_heredoc_highlighting_for_dosini
>>
> Right... it's not exactly the most standardized format out there.

I agree. It's a mess.

> Some parsers support quoted RHS, others don't.  It wouldn't shock me
> if some support heredocs, but for the ones that do, is "dosini" really
> the best filetype name?  DOS doesn't support heredocs AFAIR, and .ini
> is used on other systems than DOS as an easily-parseable format...
> Maybe "dosini.vim" should be moved to "ini.vim", since it is used on
> non-dos systems?  Is there any precedent for renaming a filetype?

My memory matches yours regarding DOS, etc. I don't know of a precedent,
for a name change but I think such a change would make sense in this
case. It probably shouldn't have, but the .ini format has spread like a
virus to all kinds of areas.

> Well... how much harm is there in including it even if it isn't
> supported?  It would only affect people who assign a variable a value
> matching /<<\(\I\i*\)/ - wouldn't it be safe to assume that no one
> would do that unless they knew the file would be parsed by something
> supporting heredocs?

I think so.

Ben.




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