Drupal/Vim users, highlight your .module files

Submitted by Kevin Hankens on Thu, 07/09/2009 - 07:42

I live in Vim, but finally got tired of editing my .module files without syntax highlighting - ugh. Turns out all you have to do is tell vim what the file is so that it knows what to shade.

Make sure that the following is in your vimrc file - notice the filetype on line:

" Switch syntax highlighting on, when the terminal has colors
" Also switch on highlighting the last used search pattern.
filetype on
if &t_Co > 2 || has("gui_running")
  syntax on
  set hlsearch
endif

Then place the following in ~/.vim/filetype.vim, restart Vim and you are all set!

"  ~/.vim/filetype.vim
" tell Vim what a .module file is
if exists("did_load_filetypes")
  finish
endif
augroup filetypedetect
  au! BufRead,BufNewFile *.module               setfiletype php
augroup END

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Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 07/09/2009 - 13:58.

I have had this config in ~/.vim/filetype.vim for a long time:

It handles all Drupal file types that are essentially PHP or similar.

" File types
if exists("did_load_filetypes")
  finish
endif
augroup filetypedetect
  au! BufRead,BufNewFile *.php,*.module,*.theme,*.inc,*.install,*.info,*.engine,*.profile,*.test setfiletype php
augroup END

For gvim I use filetype plugin on

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 07/09/2009 - 11:32.

That way, I can get support for a variety of languages.

Here is my .vimrc (for ruby, python and php):

set expandtab
set tabstop=2 shiftwidth=2 softtabstop=2
set autoindent
set nocompatible

syntax on
filetype on
filetype indent on
filetype plugin on

autocmd BufRead *.py set smartindent cinwords=if,elif,else,for,while,try,except,finally,def,class

if has("autocmd")
augroup php
autocmd BufRead *.inc set filetype=php
autocmd BufRead *.module set filetype=php
augroup END
endif

I also have a module.vim and a php.vim in $HOME/.vim/after/ftplugin

module.vim:

:colo sea

set expandtab
set tabstop=2 shiftwidth=2 softtabstop=2
set autoindent

set foldmethod=indent
set filetype=php

php.vim:

:colo sea

set expandtab
set tabstop=2 shiftwidth=2 softtabstop=2
set autoindent

set foldmethod=indent

(got the colorschemes *.vim files installed in $HOME/vim/colors)

Victor Kane
http://awebfactory.com.ar

This is what I use and works

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 07/09/2009 - 10:24.

This is what I use and works well enough:

~ Singh$ cat .vimrc

au BufRead,BufNewFile *.module set filetype=php
syntax on

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