Re: question about vim

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
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