Re: Highlight

* Christian Brabandt <cblists@256bit.org> [2011-09-24 22:06+0200]
> Hi Lennart!
>
> On Sa, 24 Sep 2011, Lennart Andersen wrote:
>
> > * Christian Brabandt <cblists@256bit.org> [2011-09-22 10:13+0200]
> > > On Thu, September 22, 2011 8:05 am, Lennart Andersen wrote:
> > > > Could some tell me how I get syntax highlight on log files in the /var/log
> > > > dir? Such as
> > > > message, syslog, so on files with no extension.
> > >
> > > It should work out of the box. A simple :syntax on should work.
> > > Vim's runtime files contain detection of logfiles below */log/
> > > which should work for most of those files below /var/log/ without
> > > problems. But I believe there have been some changes on that matter
> > > to the runtime files within the last half year, so you might need
> > > to update your runtime files.
> >
> > I know, but it is not and I do get every other file in color, but not
> > files in the "/var/log" directory. It is starting to piss me off! :-)
> >
>
> Well, something must mess it up for you. Try with:
> vim -u NONE -U NONE -N -c ':syntax on' /var/log/syslog
>
> Does that show you colors? It does for me, so the runtime files are
> correct and the problem must be your configuration.
>
> If it doesn't for you, you should really check your vim version and
> might want to update your runtime files.
>
> If it does show you colors, you need to check your config files.
> Run vim -u ~/.vimrc --noplugin -N /var/log/syslog
> If this does show you colors, the problem is a plugin, if it doesn't
> show colors, it must be your configuration. You should then modify your
> .vimrc, e.g. by adding a :finish command in the middle of your .vimrc.
>
> Check again and see if something changed. If you see syntax coloring the
> problem must be in the second half of your .vimrc, if you don't see
> colors, the problem must be in the first half of your .vimrc file. Add a
> :finish command again the the middle of either half and go your way
> down, until you find the problematic config option.
>
> regards,
> Christian
>
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I got it, I add this the the filetype.vim file......

au BufNewFile,BufRead /var/log/syslog,/var/log/syslog.*[0-9] setf messages

I did have in there before but the setf was "syslog" :-( after I changed the "setf" to
messages, all good.
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