On 2019-09-30, Ven Tadipatri wrote:
> Is there a way to set the file type permanently for a specific file
> (not based on extension)?
> For example, if I have a file ~/dir/myfile.properties, I'd like to
> always set the filetype to be sql, without having to run :set
> filetype=sql every time I open the file.
The easiest way is to create a file in your ~/.vim/ftdetect
directory. I don't think the name matters except perhaps for ending
in .vim. Put this line in that file.
au BufRead,BufNewFile ~/dir/myfile.properties set filetype=sql
For more on this, see:
:help new-filetype
Regards,
Gary
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