Re: Change *.md to ft=markdown instead of modula2?

David Barnett wrote:

> filetype.vim currently assigns filetype=modula2 to any *.md buffer
> unless it's called README.md. There may be programmers out there who
> use modula2, but I think it's pretty uncontroversial to say the vast
> majority of *.md files edited in vim are markdown, not modula2. Could
> we change the default?
>
> If it's possible to create a content-based detection rule for modula2,
> that would be fine, as long as it's precise and empty files are
> configured as markdown. Of course, any modula2 programmers annoyed by
> the change could create their own ftdetect rules to override the
> settings, same as markdown users have had to do.

I recommend using .mkd for markdown files. There appears to be a wide
variety of file name extensions for Markdown. Using .mkd is the most
specific of the shorter ones, therefore it's the best choice.

Modula2 isn't used much these days, I wonder if someone knows if it can
be recognized by the first few lines.

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