Re: set filetype in .vimrc

Gary Johnson-4 wrote:
>
> If you want to find out what is setting 'ft', execute this:
>
> verbose set ft?
>
>> does 'filetype on' command behave differently from the .vimrc vs. the
>> command line?
>
> The command itself behaves the same regardless of where it is
> executed. The effect of executing it may vary depending on when it
> is executed relative to other commands that define autocommands.
>
> Executing ":filetype on" loads the file $VIMRUNTIME/filetype.vim
> (see ":help :filetype") and that file executes a whole lot of
> autocommands that respond to the BufNewFile and BufRead events and
> execute the :setf command in response. Conceptually, Vim maintains
> a list of autocommands for each autocommand event. When an event
> occurs, Vim traverses the list of autocommands for that event and
> executes any whose patterns match. The autocommands are executed in
> the same order as they are added to the list.
>
> What that means is that if you execute an autocommand, e.g.,
>
> au BufRead *.c setf python
>
> and then execute
>
> filetype on
>
> your autocommand will precede those loaded by ":filetype on" and
> will be executed first whenever a file ending in ".c" is read.
>
> In the case of the :setf command, the first one executed in response
> to a single event wins. Following my example, executing
>
> :e foo.c
>
> where foo.c already exists will result in 'filetype' being set to
> "python".
>
> Now, if instead you executed those commands in this sequence,
>
> :filetype on
> :au BufRead *.c setf python
> :e foo.c
>
> 'filetype' would be set to "c".
>
> If you used "set filetype=python" instead of "setf python", like
> this,
>
> :filetype on
> :au BufRead *.c set filetype=python
> :e foo.c
>
> then 'filetype' would be set to "python" because "set
> filetype=python" is executed last and because the :set command
> forces an option to be set unconditionally whereas :setf sets the
> 'filetype' conditionally as described in
>
> :help :setf
>
> That's a lot of information. The points are that:
>
> 1. ":filetype on" defines a set of autocommands;
> 2. autocommands are executed in the order in which they are
> defined;
> 3. :setf sets the filetype conditionally (the first one in a
> sequence wins);
> 4. ":set ft=" sets the filetype unconditionally (the last one in a
> sequence wins); and
> 5. (not discussed above) modelines are executed after any BufRead
> autocommands.
>
> I hope understanding that will help explain what you've been
> observing.
>
> Regards,
> Gary
>
>

wow, i had a busy weekend, so i just read now your response.
really appreciate that.thanks

alex

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