Hello, I am pretty sure this question has been already asked many times. I apologize if that is the case. I have been googling the topic for a while, and the problem is that I found too many different ways to [theoretically] do it, so I am not sure which one is the right one.
So let's say I only want to highlight lines starting with char # (comments) in any file with extension .myfile I have vim 7.2 I started by adding this line in my ~/.vimrc: au BufRead,BufNewFile *.myfile setfiletype myfile And tried to follow this documentation (one of the many): http://learnvimscriptthehardway.stevelosh.com/chapters/45.html So I created directory ~/.vim/plugin/syntax/ and file ~/.vim/plugin/syntax/myfile.vim, with content if exists("b:current_syntax") finish endif echom "Our syntax highlighting code will go here." let b:current_syntax = "myfile" And here, to my surprise, now I see the message every time I open ANY file. So no worth it to keep moving on. I guess my first question is: where do I exactly set the filetype recognition, and where I should place the syntax file in such a way it does not mess with other filetypes? Thanks a lot in advance. Cheers, Jose -- -- 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 because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vim_use+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.