annotate runtime/ftplugin/README.txt @ 4681:2eb30f341e8d

Updated runtime files and translations.
author Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org>
date Sat, 01 Jun 2013 14:50:56 +0200
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1 The ftplugin directory is for Vim plugin scripts that are only used for a
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2 specific filetype.
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4 All files ending in .vim in this directory and subdirectories will be sourced
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5 by Vim when it detects the filetype that matches the name of the file or
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6 subdirectory.
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7 For example, these are all loaded for the "c" filetype:
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9 c.vim
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10 c_extra.vim
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11 c/settings.vim
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13 Note that the "_" in "c_extra.vim" is required to separate the filetype name
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14 from the following arbitrary name.
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16 The filetype plugins are only loaded when the ":filetype plugin" command has
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17 been used.
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19 The default filetype plugin files contain settings that 95% of the users will
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20 want to use. They do not contain personal preferences, like the value of
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21 'shiftwidth'.
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23 If you want to do additional settings, or overrule the default filetype
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24 plugin, you can create your own plugin file. See ":help ftplugin" in Vim.