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Re: vim syntax files



On Fri, Aug 13, 1999 at 21:04 +0100, Alisdair McDiarmid wrote:
> I have (well, had) a set of customised vim syntax command in the
> /usr/share/vim/vim54/syntax/synload.vim file. I just upgraded to
> vim[-rt] 5.4.21 and lost all my syntax settings. Is the file
> likely to be backed up anywhere or anything?
> 
> Anyway, I guess this is probably my fault for doing things wrong,
> but where else can I put these syntax settings? I'm sure I didn't
> concede to overwriting these files on install, and I don't want to
> lose the settings next time I upgrade. Where else should they go?

I simply copied the syntax file to my home dir, and put the line "source
~/.vim_syntax" in my .vimrc (thanks to whoever it was who suggested that to
me).

Cheers
    Dave

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