Thank you Gary. It worked now.
> On 03-Apr-2019, at 10:22 AM, Gary Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 2019-04-03, 'Arup Rakshit' via vim_use wrote: >> I am just starting out Vim. I am now making my ~/.vimrc file. But >> I get error after adding the python specific configuration. The >> error is: >> >> Error detected while processing BufRead Auto commands for "*.py": >> E518: Unknown option: set >> >> Here is my ~/.vimrc file: > > ... > >> au BufNewFile,BufRead *.py >> \ set tabstop=4 >> \ set softtabstop=4 >> \ set shiftwidth=4 >> \ set textwidth=79 >> \ set expandtab >> \ set autoindent >> \ set fileformat=unix > > That error is because Vim does not see all those set commands as > being on separate lines--it sees them as on one line. The > line-continuation operator \ joins its line with the one before it > as though it and the newline terminating the previous line were not > there. > > Vim sees your autocommand as this one line: > > au BufNewFile,BufRead *.py set tabstop=4 set softtabstop=4 set shiftwidth=4 > set textwidth=79 set expandtab set autoindent set fileformat=unix > > It interprets the second "set" as another argument to the first > "set", i.e., as an option, but there is no 'set' option, so Vim > issues the error message: > > E518: Unknown option: set > > One way to fix the problem is to remove all those extra sets, making > your autocommand look like this. > > au BufNewFile,BufRead *.py > \ set tabstop=4 > \ softtabstop=4 > \ shiftwidth=4 > \ textwidth=79 > \ expandtab > \ autoindent > \ fileformat=unix > > Another way is to make each of those set commands a separate command > by separating them with bars, like this. > > au BufNewFile,BufRead *.py > \ set tabstop=4 > \ | set softtabstop=4 > \ | set shiftwidth=4 > \ | set textwidth=79 > \ | set expandtab > \ | set autoindent > \ | set fileformat=unix > > See: > > :help line-continuation > :help :bar > > Regards, > Gary > > -- > -- > 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 [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- 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 [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
