On 25/06/09 16:12, Alessandro Antonello wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I started VIM without giving the file name and started writing a C program.
>> After writing following lines
>>
>> #include<stdio.h>
>>
>> int main ()
>> {
>> int i;
>>
>> for (i = 0; i< 10; i++) {
>> printf ("i=%d", i);
>> }
>> return 0;
>> }
>>
>>
>> I ran the command
>> :filetype detect
>> :set filetype
>> filetype=conf
>>
>> It detected the file as a configuration file.
>>
>> If I don't type the first line #include<stdio.h>
>> then it is unable to detect the file type.
>>
>> I am not sure why is it not able to detect the file type.
>>
>> Any clues!!!!!!!!
>>
>> Thanks and Regards,
>> Prasad
>
> Almost all file type detection is made in "filetype.vim" script in your
> VIM
> distribution. Some of then reads the buffer to "find" the type of the file
> you
> are working on. Others just trust the extension of the file name. C and
> C++
> doesn't have a script to read the buffer to find out what kind of the file
> you
> are working on. This isn't needed. Read the content of the buffer is just
> for
> types that can lead a confusion or are used by more than one syntax type.
>
> Regards.
> Alessandro
Yeah. Your vimrc should either source the vimrc_example.vim or include
the lines
filetype plugin on
syntax on
(optionally with "indent" without quotes before "on" in the "filetype"
line). Then every "detectable" file will be detected and highlighted. If
you start an empty file without a name, it isn't "detectable" -- no
highlighting. But either starting a file with
:e foobar.c
or starting to edit it as [No Name] as I bet you did, then giving it a
name with
:saveas somestuff.c
will highlight it as C source without the need for any ":filetype" or
":syntax" commands other than the ones in your vimrc (or in the
vimrc_example.vim).
Best regards,
Tony.
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