Setting Vim to use shell syntax for dotfiles?
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I am creating multiple files (.school_aliases and .git_aliases) to put my aliases in for organization. However, Vim doesn't highlight syntax for these files automatically like for .bashrc or .bash_aliases. Is there a way I could get Vim to do this automatically rather than just doing set syntax=sh?
vim alias dot-files syntax-highlighting
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I am creating multiple files (.school_aliases and .git_aliases) to put my aliases in for organization. However, Vim doesn't highlight syntax for these files automatically like for .bashrc or .bash_aliases. Is there a way I could get Vim to do this automatically rather than just doing set syntax=sh?
vim alias dot-files syntax-highlighting
asked Feb 1 at 19:40
Kevin
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I am creating multiple files (.school_aliases and .git_aliases) to put my aliases in for organization. However, Vim doesn't highlight syntax for these files automatically like for .bashrc or .bash_aliases. Is there a way I could get Vim to do this automatically rather than just doing set syntax=sh?
vim alias dot-files syntax-highlighting
asked Feb 1 at 19:40
Kevin
11016
I am creating multiple files (.school_aliases and .git_aliases) to put my aliases in for organization. However, Vim doesn't highlight syntax for these files automatically like for .bashrc or .bash_aliases. Is there a way I could get Vim to do this automatically rather than just doing set syntax=sh?
vim alias dot-files syntax-highlighting
asked Feb 1 at 19:40
Kevin
11016
asked Feb 1 at 19:40
Kevin
11016
asked Feb 1 at 19:40
Kevin
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asked Feb 1 at 19:40
Kevin
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You can use the following in your .vimrc:
autocmd BufNewFile,BufRead *.school_aliases,*.git_aliases set syntax=sh
Or, you can set these file extensions to syntax types in ~/.vim/filetype.vim.
answered Feb 1 at 19:58
aliceinpalth
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I changed*.school_aliasesto.*_aliases, and it worked perfectly for all my alias files. Thanks!
– Kevin
Feb 1 at 20:21
Glad it worked out!
– aliceinpalth
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Add to each of the files a line, thus:
# vim:syntax=sh filetype=sh
This line is a comment to your shell(s) (as it starts with #), but vim will see it and understand that it should interpret the file as a shell script for the purposes of syntax highlighting et cetera, even though the filename does not end with .sh.
answered Feb 1 at 20:02
DopeGhoti
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This seems like it's working, but my color scheme doesn't apply as it would when I manually doset syntax=sh...
– Kevin
Feb 1 at 20:09
That's highly unusual. You can set more things on that line if you wish to manually set the color scheme though (e. g.colorscheme=darkblue).
– DopeGhoti
Feb 1 at 20:10
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2 Answers
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You can use the following in your .vimrc:
autocmd BufNewFile,BufRead *.school_aliases,*.git_aliases set syntax=sh
Or, you can set these file extensions to syntax types in ~/.vim/filetype.vim.
answered Feb 1 at 19:58
aliceinpalth
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I changed*.school_aliasesto.*_aliases, and it worked perfectly for all my alias files. Thanks!
– Kevin
Feb 1 at 20:21
Glad it worked out!
– aliceinpalth
Feb 2 at 7:48
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1
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You can use the following in your .vimrc:
autocmd BufNewFile,BufRead *.school_aliases,*.git_aliases set syntax=sh
Or, you can set these file extensions to syntax types in ~/.vim/filetype.vim.
answered Feb 1 at 19:58
aliceinpalth
760116
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I changed*.school_aliasesto.*_aliases, and it worked perfectly for all my alias files. Thanks!
– Kevin
Feb 1 at 20:21
Glad it worked out!
– aliceinpalth
Feb 2 at 7:48
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up vote
1
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up vote
1
down vote
accepted
You can use the following in your .vimrc:
autocmd BufNewFile,BufRead *.school_aliases,*.git_aliases set syntax=sh
Or, you can set these file extensions to syntax types in ~/.vim/filetype.vim.
answered Feb 1 at 19:58
aliceinpalth
760116
You can use the following in your .vimrc:
autocmd BufNewFile,BufRead *.school_aliases,*.git_aliases set syntax=sh
Or, you can set these file extensions to syntax types in ~/.vim/filetype.vim.
answered Feb 1 at 19:58
aliceinpalth
760116
answered Feb 1 at 19:58
aliceinpalth
760116
answered Feb 1 at 19:58
aliceinpalth
760116
answered Feb 1 at 19:58
aliceinpalth
760116
760116
1
I changed*.school_aliasesto.*_aliases, and it worked perfectly for all my alias files. Thanks!
– Kevin
Feb 1 at 20:21
Glad it worked out!
– aliceinpalth
Feb 2 at 7:48
add a comment |Â
1
I changed*.school_aliasesto.*_aliases, and it worked perfectly for all my alias files. Thanks!
– Kevin
Feb 1 at 20:21
Glad it worked out!
– aliceinpalth
Feb 2 at 7:48
1
1
I changed
*.school_aliases to .*_aliases, and it worked perfectly for all my alias files. Thanks!– Kevin
Feb 1 at 20:21
I changed
*.school_aliases to .*_aliases, and it worked perfectly for all my alias files. Thanks!– Kevin
Feb 1 at 20:21
Glad it worked out!
– aliceinpalth
Feb 2 at 7:48
Glad it worked out!
– aliceinpalth
Feb 2 at 7:48
add a comment |Â
up vote
1
down vote
Add to each of the files a line, thus:
# vim:syntax=sh filetype=sh
This line is a comment to your shell(s) (as it starts with #), but vim will see it and understand that it should interpret the file as a shell script for the purposes of syntax highlighting et cetera, even though the filename does not end with .sh.
answered Feb 1 at 20:02
DopeGhoti
40.4k54779
This seems like it's working, but my color scheme doesn't apply as it would when I manually doset syntax=sh...
– Kevin
Feb 1 at 20:09
That's highly unusual. You can set more things on that line if you wish to manually set the color scheme though (e. g.colorscheme=darkblue).
– DopeGhoti
Feb 1 at 20:10
add a comment |Â
up vote
1
down vote
Add to each of the files a line, thus:
# vim:syntax=sh filetype=sh
This line is a comment to your shell(s) (as it starts with #), but vim will see it and understand that it should interpret the file as a shell script for the purposes of syntax highlighting et cetera, even though the filename does not end with .sh.
answered Feb 1 at 20:02
DopeGhoti
40.4k54779
This seems like it's working, but my color scheme doesn't apply as it would when I manually doset syntax=sh...
– Kevin
Feb 1 at 20:09
That's highly unusual. You can set more things on that line if you wish to manually set the color scheme though (e. g.colorscheme=darkblue).
– DopeGhoti
Feb 1 at 20:10
add a comment |Â
up vote
1
down vote
up vote
1
down vote
Add to each of the files a line, thus:
# vim:syntax=sh filetype=sh
This line is a comment to your shell(s) (as it starts with #), but vim will see it and understand that it should interpret the file as a shell script for the purposes of syntax highlighting et cetera, even though the filename does not end with .sh.
answered Feb 1 at 20:02
DopeGhoti
40.4k54779
Add to each of the files a line, thus:
# vim:syntax=sh filetype=sh
This line is a comment to your shell(s) (as it starts with #), but vim will see it and understand that it should interpret the file as a shell script for the purposes of syntax highlighting et cetera, even though the filename does not end with .sh.
answered Feb 1 at 20:02
DopeGhoti
40.4k54779
answered Feb 1 at 20:02
DopeGhoti
40.4k54779
answered Feb 1 at 20:02
DopeGhoti
40.4k54779
answered Feb 1 at 20:02
DopeGhoti
40.4k54779
40.4k54779
This seems like it's working, but my color scheme doesn't apply as it would when I manually doset syntax=sh...
– Kevin
Feb 1 at 20:09
That's highly unusual. You can set more things on that line if you wish to manually set the color scheme though (e. g.colorscheme=darkblue).
– DopeGhoti
Feb 1 at 20:10
add a comment |Â
This seems like it's working, but my color scheme doesn't apply as it would when I manually doset syntax=sh...
– Kevin
Feb 1 at 20:09
That's highly unusual. You can set more things on that line if you wish to manually set the color scheme though (e. g.colorscheme=darkblue).
– DopeGhoti
Feb 1 at 20:10
This seems like it's working, but my color scheme doesn't apply as it would when I manually do
set syntax=sh...– Kevin
Feb 1 at 20:09
This seems like it's working, but my color scheme doesn't apply as it would when I manually do
set syntax=sh...– Kevin
Feb 1 at 20:09
That's highly unusual. You can set more things on that line if you wish to manually set the color scheme though (e. g.
colorscheme=darkblue).– DopeGhoti
Feb 1 at 20:10
That's highly unusual. You can set more things on that line if you wish to manually set the color scheme though (e. g.
colorscheme=darkblue).– DopeGhoti
Feb 1 at 20:10
add a comment |Â
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