On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 08:50:37AM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 10:46:03AM +1100, Alex Samad wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 10:29:59AM +1100, Alex Samad wrote: > > > Hi > > > > > > > > > I am a user of vim (learner). I have been getting caught out with the file > > > type setting of vim, sometimes it is good an other times it is a pain in the but. > > > > > > I have done some reading about setting vim options in files. > > > > > > for example I am editing a makefile and I have placed this line at the bottom > > > > > > # vim:ft='' > > > > > > when I load up this file in vim and then execute set ft, it returns makefile, > > > which is not what I want, have I typed it wrong or is there some option that I > > > need to set ? > > I'm just wondering, why don't you want the filetype? One of the reasons > I started using vim was it's syntax highlighting. yeah I like the filetype stuff as well, I just hate when I do cut and paste and with comments, everything gets askew, so some files I want it off by default > > > another look and I found what I was looking for, seems like modeline is turned > > off in debian, so I have added to my ~/.vimrc a set modeline > > For security reasons probably. Be careful what files you are loading. > > Regards, > Andrei > -- > If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. > (Albert Einstein) -- "You're free. And freedom is beautiful. And, you know, it'll take time to restore chaos and order -- order out of chaos. But we will." - George W. Bush 04/13/2003 Washington, DC
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