Re: Global configuration in after directory possible?

On 19/10/12 20:52, Charles Campbell wrote:
> lessthanideal wrote:
>> A lot of ftplugin files turn comment-wrapping on with a
>> command like this:
>>
>> set formatoptions+=c
>>
>> I want to globally disable it. Is there an easy way to do
>> this? I know I can disable it for particular filetypes by
>> creating files in vimfiles\after\ftplugin\ specifying "set
>> formatoptions-=c" but there are a lot of them.
>>
>> Two methods I've found from searching are
>>
>> . Maintain a single file and use symbolic links to make vim
>> access it for each filetype. A bit clumsy - new filetypes
>> might appear later, I want to maintain real
>> filetype-specific files as well, etc.
>>
>> . Use autocmd events to set this. This works in many cases
>> but different edge cases are missed by different events so
>> I'm not sure which events to use. Also it seems to be
>> "fighting vim" - trying to keep checking in case vim has
>> changed the setting and change it back. I'd like it to just
>> work, reliably.
>>
>> Is there a simpler method?
>>
> Have you tried putting formatoptions-=c in a file in .vim/after/plugin ?
>
> Regards,
> C Campbell
>

.vim/after/plugin/*.vim are sourced once, near the end of startup. The
problematic setting is set by $VIMRUNTIME/ftplugin/<whatever>.vim which
is sourced (again, if necessary) shortly after a file of <whatever>
filetype is opened for editing. So I think the chronology would be wrong
if just using "set fo-=c" in a global plugin. Unless _all_
filetype-plugins build on the default 'formatoptions' ("tcq" in
'incompatible' mode), only adding to or subtracting from it but not
replacing the whole option value.

Best regards,
Tony.
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