Re: SOLVED: Vim error message when opening .ini file

On Sun, 20 Aug 2023 10:56:26 -0700 (PDT)
"Melvin Q. Watchpocket" <watchpacket@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sunday, August 20, 2023 at 1:40:32 PM UTC-4 Christian Brabandt wrote:
> [...]
> > this does not seem to be a typical ini file. Not sure why you are using
> > the .ini file extension.
>
> I'm runing Steve Gibson's DNSBench program under wine.
> https://www.grc.com/dns/benchmark.htm
>
> It automatically creates a custom list of nearby DNS servers *as a .ini
> file* and puts it in the same directory as the program.

ini files _should_ look similar to toml files. But I have seen many
Windows software use ini files to store user configuration, without
adhering to general ini format. I myself have done it (if only because
I have seen others do it). Don't know what the history of this misuse
is.

> Before this, I probably have never before opened a .ini file in Vim.

Look at Windows Terminal colortool schemes and see if Vim renders it
with proper colors:
https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/blob/d28b6bf1f2c5a0078e85fe68b3e7ca4c167c4223/src/tools/ColorTool/schemes/campbell.ini

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Enan

> On Sunday, August 20, 2023 at 1:40:32___PM UTC-4 Christian Brabandt wrote:
>
> >
> > On So, 20 Aug 2023, Melvin Q. Watchpocket wrote:
> >
> > > OK! This works!
> > > I've replaced the old dosini.vim file with yours posted above.
> >
> > Great to hear.
> >
> > >
> > > Using this file now as my /usr/share/vim/vim90/syntax/dosini.vim file, I
> > can open a .ini file WITHOUT getting any error messages.
> > >
> > > Thank you, Christian!
> > >
> > > One question: should I be seeing some syntax coloring in a .ini file
> > like the one I've opened in Vim? Here is the file, which appears in "black
> > & white":
> > >
> > > 1 127.0.0.53 localhost
> >
> > 2 4.2.2.2 b.resolvers.level3.net
> > > 3 4.2.2.4 d.resolvers.level3.net
> > > 4 4.2.2.6 f.resolvers.level3.net
> > > 5 64.69.98.35 spr-resolv3-sun.onecommunications.net
> > > 6 64.80.255.251 ··· no official Internet DNS name ···
> > > 7 64.215.98.148 dns1.lon.gblx.net
> > > 8 66.6.65.5 ··· no official Internet DNS name ···
> > > 9 66.28.0.45 res1.dns.cogentco.com
> > > 10 66.92.159.2 dns.wdc1.speakeasy.net
> > > 11 66.109.229.4 dns3.dejazzd.com
> > > 12 66.153.50.66 dns1-nyc.paetec.net
> > > 13 68.237.161.12 nsnyny01.verizon.net
> > > 14 74.82.42.42 ordns.he.net
> > > 15 129.250.35.250 x.ns.gin.ntt.net
> > > 16 129.250.35.251 y.ns.gin.ntt.net
> > > 17 151.197.0.37 world4.bellatlantic.net
> > > 18 151.198.0.38 nsnwrk.bellatlantic.net
> > > 19 151.198.0.39 home5.bellatlantic.net
> > > 20 151.201.0.38 nspitt.bellatlantic.net
> >
> > this does not seem to be a typical ini file. Not sure why you are using
> > the .ini file extension.
> >
> > Best,
> > Christian
> > --
> > You will be winged by an anti-aircraft battery.
> >
>

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