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kmad
kmad

Reputation: 674

vim: same syntax highlighting for different file extensions

Is there a way to make same syntax highlighting for different file extensions?

e.g: Same highlighting for 

foo.c and foo.my_c_extension

Upvotes: 12

Views: 2854

Answers (2)

chtenb
chtenb

Reputation: 16184

If you don't want the filetype to be the same, (maybe that has some unwanted side effects), and just want to set the syntax, you can use the following:

autocmd BufRead,BufNewFile *.my_c_extension set syntax=c

Upvotes: 1

Michael Berkowski
Michael Berkowski

Reputation: 270607

Vim will set the syntax highlighting based on a buffer's filetype. You may set the filetype via autocmd to match multiple file extensions.

For example, when a file is loaded or created in a buffer having the .c or .my_c_extension extensions, the filetype will be set to c:

" In .vimrc, for example:
autocmd BufRead,BufNewFile *.c,*.my_c_extension set filetype=c

See :help filetype and :help autocmd for more information.

According to the filetype help, you may create ~/.vim/ftdetect/file_extension.vim which contains the autocmd. That will be loaded after other rules, allowing you to override settings previously made by Vim or plugins. This may be preferable to setting it in your .vimrc.

" File: ~/.vim/ftdetect/my_c_extension.vim
autocmd BufRead,BufNewFile *.my_c_extension set filetype=c

Upvotes: 12

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