On 26/10/09 16:17, Gregory Margo wrote: > > On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 03:15:29PM +0530, Rajesh Kannan wrote: >> I use the Baan programming language where "|" is the comment. I tried >> to add the following to .vmrc but of no avail. >> >> set comments+=n:|.* >> >> There are no errors when vim starts but it does not work either. >> >> Please can someone suggest >> 1) how to add the "|" as a comment symbol >> 2) make vim autocomment the next line when the previous line is >> a baan comment? > > Try this: > > set comments+=:\| > set formatoptions+=ro >
Yes: space, tab, backslash, double-quote and... vertical-bar need backslash-escaping when used in the ":set" command in the value of an option. See ":help option-backslash" for an explanation. Best regards, Tony. -- hundred-and-one symptoms of being an internet addict: 204. You're being audited because you mailed your tax return to the IRC. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
