Re: How to detect the file type in vimrc?

Albert Berger wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 06, 2016 at 10:21:42PM -0700, Ben Fritz wrote:
>> On Tuesday, April 5, 2016 at 2:44:23 PM UTC-5, Albert Berger wrote:
>>> Greetings!
>>>
>>> How does one detect the file type in .vimrc? AFAIU, 'filetype' setting is
>>> not yet set when .vimrc is processed. The following check doesn't
>>> work in .vimrc:
>>>
>>> if &filetype==cpp
>>> ...
>>>
>>> I want to distinguish between 'c' and 'cpp' for *.h files in which
>>> the file type is specified in the modline. Is there a function which
>>> can be called for reading the modline? I know that one can use autocmd,
>>> when the file type read from the modline is already set, but is there a
>>> way to get the modline variables in .vimrc?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Albert.
>> No, you'll need to use an autocmd. In which case you may as well use a FileType autocmd. The modeline, like the filetype, has not been processed yet while reading the .vimrc.
>>
>> Indeed, I'm pretty sure the file itself hasn't been read yet when reading the .vimrc, but I may be wrong about that.
>>
> Looks like this is the case. Will use FileType autocmd. Thanks.
>
Alternatively you may use a ftplugin file: ~/.vim/ftplugin/cpp.vim and
put whatever you want in there.

Regards,
C Campbell

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