Re: new filetype should extent already existing filetype

Am 28.11.2012 11:04, schrieb Johannes Deutsch:
> at the momemt I dive into gtk development and use vim to write the
> code.
>
> To simplify my work i have been thinking about creating a new filetype
> called 'c::gtk' that vim should set if a newly created buffer
> with ft=c contains
>
> #include <gtk/gtk.h>
>
> Without the constraint 'ft=c' ut seems to be no problem to achieve
> this specific goal since vim's help is very detailed about that (see
> ':h new-filetype-scripts').
>
> Unfortunately i don't now how i should proceed, so that before
> executing the filetype ('c::gtk') specific commands all commands of
> the 'c'-filetype are executed.

It's a less esoteric demand than you think:
:h 'ft

=> create filetype scripts for "gtk", then use a modeline in your source
files:
/* vim:set ft=c.gtk: */

:h modeline

This will load ftplugin and syntax scripts for both C and gtk.

--
Andy

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