Vim: How to set preference for custom file types?
I can set the custom filetype settings for the know file types using the *.vim
files in ftplugin directory, e.g. c.vim for (c, cpp, h, hxx), python.vim etc.
But I want to set the file types for the custom file extension like *.text
, *.letter
, *.journal
etc. I tried using text.vim and so on but that didn't work.
Solution 1:
You are looking for autocommands. Add a line for each custom file extension in your .vimrc
:
au! BufRead,BufNewFile *.ext setfiletype ext
Then you can specify settings for .ext
files in ftplugin/ext.vim
.
PS: Note that autocommands must be defined inside an augroup.
Solution 2:
You are looking for :h new-filetype
.