Re: why is Vim coloring text in txt files?

OK Tony, I changed my vimrc file, so lines 2 & 3 read:
source $VIMRUNTIME/vimrc_example.vim
au! vimrcEx FileType text
and it works. But what does line 3 do?

Thanks,
wolfv
On Jan 1, 2:08 am, Tony Mechelynck <antoine.mechely...@gmail.com>
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> On 01/01/12 00:33, wolfv wrote:
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> > On Dec 31, 2:33 pm, Tony Mechelynck<antoine.mechely...@gmail.com>
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> >> On 31/12/11 21:44, wolfv wrote:
> >> Try
> >>          :verbose setlocal tw? wm? fo?
> >>          :echo $HOME
> >>          :scriptnames
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> >> while editing a text file. Then check the help for these options (and
> >> |fo-table| for the latter one).
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> >> The 2nd and 3rd ex-commands above are to make sure that you put the
> >> text.vim script at some location where Vim looked for it.
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> >>> I don't get the auto-carriage return when I comment this line in
> >>> filetype.vim:
> >>>       au BufRead,BufNewFile *.txt,README*,LISEZMOI*,LIESMICH*,LEESMIJ*
> >>> setf text
> >>> Is the auto-carriage return a text-file feature?
> >>> How to turn it off?
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> >> I don't know yet, but maybe the answer to the question above will help
> >> us debug the problem.
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> > :verbose setlocal tw? wm? fo?
> > textwidth=78
> >           Last set from C:\Program Files (x86)\Vim
> > \vim73\vimrc_example.vim
> > wrapmargin=0
> > formatoptions=tcq
> >           Last set from C:\Program Files (x86)\Vim
> > \vim73\vimrc_example.vim
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> > :echo $HOME
> > C:\Users\wolf
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> > :scriptnames
> > C:\Program Files (x86)\Vim\vimfiles\filetype.vim
> > C:\Users\wolf\vimfiles\after\ftplugin\text.vim
> > ... and 27 other files
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> > After this command, the auto-carriage-return insert stopped:
> > :setl textwidth=0
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> > so I added it to _vimrc:
> > au BufRead,BufNewFile *.txt setlocal spell textwidth=0
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> > thereafter:
> > :verbose setlocal tw?
> > textwidth=0
> >           Last set from C:\Program Files (x86)\Vim\vim\_vimrc
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> > That fixed it!
> > Once again Tony, thank you for your help.
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> You have the case I mentioned in one of my recent posts: you are
> sourcing the vimrc_example.vim; so you could have added (after the point
> where you source it) the following line in your vimrc:
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>         au! vimrcEx FileType text
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> Remember: DO NOT modify the vimrc_example.vim itself (or anything else
> in the $VIMRUNTIME tree), because any upgrade may silently replace it,
> thus removing any changes you could have made in it.
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> Best regards,
> Tony.
> --
> Cahn's Axiom:
>         When all else fails, read the instructions.

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