Re: vimdiff options by file type?

>On 2015-09-29, dbr517 wrote:
>> I would like to set different vimdiff options by filetype . . . in
>> particular, I would like to ignore whitespace by default, but NOT
>> ignore whitespace for python files.
>>
>> I added the following to the rc file, but I still get "iwhite" set
>> in diffopt for python files:
>>
>> set diffopt+=iwhite
>> if &filetype == 'python'
>> set diffopt-=iwhite
>> endif
>>
>> I'm probably missing something obvious :-))
>
>It's obvious only after some experience with Vim. It's in the
>documentation, but not in one place.
>
>The problem is that Vim determines filetypes after it reads
>~/.vimrc; 'filetype' is not set when that if statement is executed.
>
>One way to fix that is to use these commands instead:
>
> set diffopt+=iwhite
> au FileType python set diffopt-=iwhite
>
>Note that 'diffopt' is a global option; it can't be set differently
>for different buffers. Therefore, the autocommand above will remove
>"iwhite" from 'diffopt' whenever you edit a Python file and not
>restore "iwhite" if you later diff two buffers of a different
>filetype. Whether that's a problem for you and how you might fix
>that depends on how you use Vim.
>
>Regards,
>Gary

Sorry for going off topic a little, but is the order that .vimrc,
.vim/plugin/* etc. are read listed somewhere?

-D

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