Re: syntax highlighting of rc.conf with vim

On Sat, Jul 28, 2007 at 05:12:42PM +0400, Andrey V. Elsukov wrote:
Am 28.07.2007 um 14:26 schrieb Miroslav Lachman:
If your rc.conf file will start with comment character (#) then
syntax highlight will be OK.
WUOUf, that is a pretty trick. Thanks very much. It works.

Also you can put in the comment highlight type:
# vim: filetype=sh

FreeBSD has somewhat of an exception to this. The feature you're
talking about is called vim modeline, and there's quite a big warning
in the vim port (shown during installation) about modelines causing
historic security problems.

Regardless of that fact, I do use them myself, but I'm selective
about them. I prefer to use .vimrc and set up appropriate AutoCmd
entries depending upon fully-qualified paths for config files.

Take your pick. I just wanted to point out that FreeBSD does
explicitly mention the historic issues with modeline in the port.

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