Re: why is Vim coloring text in txt files?

Thanks Tony. I don't know what else to do. Most of this Vim code is
over my head. I am using Vim 7.3 on Windows 7. This is what it says
in my :h runtimepath:

PC, OS/2: "$HOME/vimfiles,
$VIM/vimfiles,
$VIMRUNTIME,
$VIM/vimfiles/after,
$HOME/vimfiles/after"

This is a list of directories which will be searched for runtime
files:
filetype.vim filetypes by file name |new-filetype|
scripts.vim filetypes by file contents |new-filetype-scripts|
autoload/ automatically loaded scripts |autoload-functions|
colors/ color scheme files |:colorscheme|
compiler/ compiler files |:compiler|
doc/ documentation |write-local-help|
ftplugin/ filetype plugins |write-filetype-plugin|
indent/ indent scripts |indent-expression|
keymap/ key mapping files |mbyte-keymap|
lang/ menu translations |:menutrans|
menu.vim GUI menus |menu.vim|
plugin/ plugin scripts |write-plugin|
print/ files for printing |postscript-print-encoding|
spell/ spell checking files |spell|
syntax/ syntax files |mysyntaxfile|
tutor/ files for vimtutor |tutor|

So what code do I put in what file?

Regards,
wolfv

On Dec 26, 8:27 pm, Tony Mechelynck <antoine.mechely...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> On 27/12/11 03:49, wolfv wrote:
>
> > Thanks Thilo and Tony.
>
> > I Changed my filetype.vim code so when there is a # at the beginning
> > of the first 3 lines, Vim sets generic configuration. i.e. I deleted
> > this line:
>
> > \  || getline(4) =~ '^#' || getline(5) =~ '^#'
>
> > My txt files won't have a # in the first 3 lines, so that's good
> > enough.
>
> ...except that making changes in anything in the $VIMRUNTIME tree is one
> quite common way of, as Tim put it, "shooting yourself in the foot". Any
> upgrade may (and one of them surely will, next week or next year)
> replace $VIMRUNTIME/filetype.vim by a new version without telling you,
> and any changes you made there will be gone. This is part of the
> "normal" Vim way of doing things. Local changes should go in the _other_
> directory trees listed in 'runtimepath' (installation-specific in $VIM
> or user-specific in $HOME), $VIMRUNTIME is _only_ for _unchanged_
> versions of runtime files distributed _together_ with Vim.
>
> Best regards,
> Tony.
> --
> There's no point in being grown up if you can't be childish sometimes.
>                 -- Dr. Who

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