On Jul 24, 7:50 pm, "John Beckett" <[email protected]> wrote:
> at wrote:
> > If I do this:
> >     1. Start gvim
> >     2. :e test.f90
> > Then I get messed up syntax highlighting (i.e. there is some
> > color, but its not right)
>
> > However, if I do this:
> >     1. Create a file called test.f90
> >     2. Double click on it in my OS so that it opens in gvim
> > Then the syntax highlighting is perfect.
>
> I don't know but I see that vim72/filetype.vim sets filetype
> "fortran" and vim72/syntax/fortran.vim looks to see if a global
> variable fortran_dialect is defined, and if not, tries guessing.
>
> So, I would check that in the problem case, the output from the
> following shows "fortran":
>
>   :verbose set filetype?
>
> They I would search for fortran_dialect and see if there might
> be some explanation (e.g. in your vimrc).
>
> Or, if you always use F90, put following in vimrc:
>
>   :set fortran_dialect = 'f90'
>
> John

Great, thank you, you hit it right on the head. Searching for
fortran_dialect in google led me to TFM:
   http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/syntax.html#ft-fortran-syntax

As always, the VIM manual has all the answers; I just can't always
find where they are ;).
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