Jun
16
2015
a back to vim basics post !
It’s quite obvious that we need different vimrc settings for different files/languages. This is mostly about tabs and characters but it can be extended to more. For example in pytnon (ansible etc) you need to replace the tab to four or eight characters. Most of us are using something like this:
:set tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab
every time we open a python related file.
But you can set your own options in every file using a comment in the end or in the begging of the file. Like this one:
#!/usr/bin/python2.6
# vim: tabstop=4 expandtab shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4
... (awesome code) ...
This is called: modeline and is something magic!
Just add the below line to your ~./vimrc file or if you need a more global setting append it to your /etc/vimrc
set modeline
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Friday, June 19, 2015 - 20:06:43
FYI, modelines are not interpreted when running vim as root.
Friday, June 19, 2015 - 20:11:16
On my system works fine!
<pre>
# tail -1 /etc/vimrc
set modeline
</pre>
just test it!