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Reputation: 63062

Vim syntax file not being applied

I have added a scala syntax file from https://github.com/derekwyatt/vim-scala/blob/master/syntax/scala.vim as ~/.vim/syntax/scala.vim to an ubuntu system

$ ll ~/.vim/syntax/scala.vim
-rw-rw-r-- 1 steve steve 11202 Dec 11 07:48 /home/steve/.vim/syntax/scala.vim

But vim MyFile.scala is still vanilla white - no syntax applied. Any hints here?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 151

Answers (1)

Martin Tournoij
Martin Tournoij

Reputation: 27822

You'll need to tell Vim to apply this syntax file for Scala files.

ftdetect/scala.vim contains the logic for detecting whether this file is a Scale file, and will set the filetype accordingly. This will also set the syntax setting. If you add this file, things should work.

In addition to that, you'll almost certainly also want:

These four files account for the bulk of the plugin, so you might as well get the entire thing. If you want to downsize things, then removing some files is usually easier than cherry-picking files until it works.

Upvotes: 1

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