Re: Filetype detection on vim

On 7/30/2012 9:28 PM, Gary Johnson wrote:
> On 2012-07-30, ping wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> What I recommend is to add a new filetype.vim in one of the following
>>>>
>>>> places (shown as they would appear in Vim):
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> - Single-user on Windows
>>>>
>>>> $HOME/vimfiles/filetype.vim
>>>>
>>>
>>> I actually prefer creating a file per filetype in
>>> $HOME/vimfiles/ftdetect, as detailed at the beginning of
>>> :help new-filetype
>>>
>>
>> vim help doesn't mention anything about vimfiles directory...
>
> It does,
>
> :help vimfiles
> :helpgrep vimfiles
>
> but not explicitly in the file containing ":help new-filetype".
>
> It would make the Vim documentation very wordy to mention both
> $HOME/.vim for Unix and $HOME/vimfiles for Windows everywhere that
> directory is referred to, so it is expected that the reader knows
> that in most cases where "~/.vim" is used, that that directory is
> used on Unix and that the Windows equivalent is $HOME/vimfiles.
>
> Regards,
> Gary
>
got it, thanks!

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