Hello Vim users,
I want an installation of gVim to auto-edit a "notes" file when opened
with no arguments. I'm using this script in my Vim configuration:
vim9script
def LoadNotes()
if argc() == 0
edit path\to\notes.md
echomsg "Auto-opened notes.md."
endif
enddef
autocmd VimEnter * ++once LoadNotes()
This edits the file as expected. However, Vim does not apply syntax
highlighting to the file. When I run :scriptnames, none of the Markdown
ftplugin or syntax scripts are listed. (Although many other ftplugin
script names are listed.)
If I manually run :edit after startup, then the syntax highlighting
works, and Vim's ftplugin\markdown.vim and its associated scripts are
now all listed in :scriptnames.
Is there a way to guarantee that Vim will load all of the needed
filetype scripts during the VimEnter event? Or is there a more
appropriate event for this use case? I'm happy to provide more details
if they're helpful.
:version
VIM - Vi IMproved 9.2 (2026 Feb 14, compiled Feb 14 2026 12:17:29)
MS-Windows 64-bit GUI/console version with OLE support
John
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