Re: Syntax highlight not happening on :newtab

On 2013-01-31, Ben Fritz wrote:
> On Thursday, January 31, 2013 12:01:53 PM UTC-6, Gary Johnson wrote:
> >
> > The "filetype on" command is not needed for "syntax on" to work.
> >
>
> But, doesn't Vim use the filetype to figure out which syntax file to load?

Yes, but if filetype detection is not already enabled when "syntax
on" is executed, the syntax system enables it itself.

The command "syntax on" sources the file
$VIMRUNTIME/syntax/syntax.vim. You can see in that file where
"filetype on" is executed.

Regards,
Gary

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