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misc/vim: clarifies syntax highlighting installation instructions

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Based on the review of CL 1723044, I've changed the installation instructions
for the vim syntax files to suggest symlinking the files rather than copying
the files. Also the wording has changed to be more consistent.

R=golang-dev, Kyle Lemons, adg
CC=golang-dev
https://golang.org/cl/1702045
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James Whitehead 2010-06-21 07:35:24 +02:00 committed by Andrew Gerrand
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@ -3,10 +3,21 @@ Vim syntax highlighting for Go (http://golang.org)
To install automatic syntax highlighting for GO programs: To install automatic syntax highlighting for GO programs:
1. Copy ftplugin/gofiletype.vim to the ftplugin directory underneath your vim 1. Copy or link the filetype detection script to the ftdetect directory
runtime directory (normally $HOME/.vim/ftplugin) underneath your vim runtime directory (normally $HOME/.vim/ftdetect)
2. Copy syntax/go.vim to the syntax directory underneath your vim runtime 2. Copy or link syntax/go.vim to the syntax directory underneath your vim
directory (normally $HOME/.vim/syntax) runtime directory (normally $HOME/.vim/syntax). Linking this file rather
3. Add the following line to your .vimrc file (or equivalent): than just copying it will ensure any changes are automatically reflected
in your syntax highlighting.
3. Add the following line to your .vimrc file (normally $HOME/.vimrc):
syntax on syntax on
In a typical unix environment you might accomplish this using the following
commands:
mkdir -p $HOME/.vim/ftdetect
mkdir -p $HOME/.vim/syntax
ln -s $GOROOT/misc/vim/ftdetect/gofiletype.vim $HOME/.vim/ftdetect/
ln -s $GOROOT/misc/vim/syntax/go.vim $HOME/.vim/syntax
echo "syntax on" >> $HOME/.vimrc