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James Whitehead 5cb4f82bbc misc/vim: clarifies syntax highlighting installation instructions
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
2010-06-21 07:35:24 +02:00

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Vim syntax highlighting for Go (http://golang.org)
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To install automatic syntax highlighting for GO programs:
1. Copy or link the filetype detection script to the ftdetect directory
underneath your vim runtime directory (normally $HOME/.vim/ftdetect)
2. Copy or link syntax/go.vim to the syntax directory underneath your vim
runtime directory (normally $HOME/.vim/syntax). Linking this file rather
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
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