Re: Get netrw to ignore executability of file

On Mar 30, 7:06 pm, Charles E Campbell <drc...@campbellfamily.biz>
wrote:
> AndyHancock wrote:
>
> > I tried to get rid of netrwExe highlighting by linking it to Normal.
> > This was OK, but the asterisk that immediately follows the filename to
> > indicate executability still there, and is definitely not Normal.  It
> > is still loudly pronouncing itself in netrwExe highlighting.  Is there
> > a way to get rid of the distinction of executability all together?
>
> syn clear netrwExe
> syn clear netrwClassify
>
> Place in your (home)/.vim/after/syntax/netrw.vim file  (or use vimfiles
> instead of .vim, whatever).

Thanks Charles. It works like charm.

I realize that shenanigans happen to convey the executability of files
to netrw. I just didn't want to wrestle with how cygwin does the
translation.

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