I'll read the material, thank you, that is surely what I needed. cts
--- On Thu, 6/30/11, Charles Campbell <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Charles Campbell <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: vimSubst > To: [email protected] > Date: Thursday, June 30, 2011, 7:03 AM > Charles Smith wrote: > > The "after" directory is new to me, thank you for > introducing it to me. Unfortunately, I can find very > little information about how it works exactly (vim version > 7.2.264). > > > > I don't understand this mechanism... > > > > Normally, when a file matching a > particular name pattern is loaded > > into a buffer, a syntax file matching > that pattern is loaded and > > invoked. Now, the rules that are > causing me trouble are defined in a > > file called vim.vim and I don't find any > matching patterns using > > that syntax file in my own filetypes.vim > or the system-wide one. > > > > In general, it seems a pity that new > features should break such > > simple, unambiguous, and useful > functionality as, e.g. "syn clear": > > > > "This command should be used when > you want to switch off syntax > > highlighting, or when you want to > switch to using another syntax. > > It's normally not needed in a > syntax file itself, because syntax is > > cleared by the autocommands that > load the syntax file. The command > > also deletes the > "b:current_syntax" variable, since no syntax is > > loaded after this command." > > > > Hopefully, I'm still missing something ... > > > "syn clear" is not broken. If one loads syntax > definitions after a "syn clear", then that new syntax > applies; in fact, many of the syntax files distributed with > vim have "syn clear" embedded in them. > > So your difficulty I suspect is in understanding the > loading sequence. Here's some reading on the subject: > > :help .vimrc > :help load-plugins > :help 'runtimepath' > > Your first email mentioned that "syn clear" didn't work in > your syntax file. What is it named, in what directory > is it in (so we may infer when it gets loaded), how are you > triggering your syntax to be loaded (.vim/filetype.vim?) and > how does syntax/vim.vim get involved? > > Remember that things that are loaded later can modify > what's happened thus far. So, if your syntax file is > loaded with its "syn clear" and then syntax/vim.vim is > loaded, naturally vim.vim's definitions have not been > cleared; in this case they weren't even loaded and defined > when that "syn clear" was issued. > > Regards, > Chip Campbell > > -- You received this message from the "vim_use" 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 from the "vim_use" 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
