VIM does not detect syntax of .ssh/config

Question

On a plain Ubuntu installation (12.04 in my case) when I have no ~/.vimrc VIM does not detect syntax of .ssh/config.

Syntax highlighting works, but it does not set the correct filetype.

vi ~/.ssh/config
  :set syn?
  >syntax=conf

When I do:

set syn=sshconfig

Then the syntax highlighting is as it should be.

Why isn't the filetype automatically identified? And how can it be set automatically?

I have opened the Vim with the not existing file ~/.ssh/config and the filetype was sshconfig. I have complex settings for vim: github.com/horvatha/vimrc I tried it on 11.10. The .vimrc with just the row "filetype plugin on" is not enough: it does not set the filetype for that file.

Martin Orda · Answer 1 · 2012-10-17 22:35:40Z

up vote 1 down vote

Does putting the following in ~/.vimrc help?

filetype plugin on

answered Oct 17 '12 at 22:35

Martin Orda
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elias · Answer 2 · 2012-12-29 00:53:14Z

up vote 1 down vote

I think the vim that comes with a plain Ubuntu installation lacks autocmd.

Install vim completely with sudo apt-get install vim and you should be set.

answered Dec 29 '12 at 0:53

elias
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