Setting a Language for vim Syntax Highlighting

17 Responses to Setting a Language for vim Syntax Highlighting

1. om says:

   February 4, 2009 at 11:15 pm

   Was looking for precisely this information, thanks.

   I Have some code in files without file extensions, so I need to manually specify the language otherwise there is no highlighting.
2. James Reuben Knowles says:

   February 4, 2009 at 11:34 pm

   So did I.

   Glad this helped.
3. DF says:

   March 12, 2009 at 7:45 pm

   Cheers, just what I needed!
4. James Reuben Knowles says:

   March 12, 2009 at 8:37 pm

   Great! You’re welcome.
5. Shannon S. says:

   September 1, 2009 at 8:28 pm

   Thanks for the info, spot on!
6. Braden says:

   May 11, 2010 at 9:42 am

   Thanks a bunch!
7. John M says:

   January 25, 2011 at 10:54 pm

   over 2 years later, and still a good find! Thanks!
8. Jorge Medina says:

   February 24, 2011 at 8:25 pm

   Thanks, I was just editing a xml config without xml headers or file extension so it wouldnt detect the syntax, :setf xml works.
9. Peter says:

   April 8, 2011 at 4:06 am

   Yaay!
10. Daniel says:

    April 20, 2011 at 7:45 am

    Thank you very much for this. Exactly what I needed.
11. Max says:

    May 16, 2011 at 7:21 am

    Thanks!
12. kumbhar shrikant says:

    May 25, 2011 at 12:18 am

    WOW !!!!
    Great help !!
13. kevin says:

    July 26, 2011 at 7:41 pm

    Thanks for sharing!
14. Vladimir says:

    November 28, 2011 at 4:35 pm

    Another way is :set filetype=language

    Simple executing :set filetype will show current language used for syntax highlighting.
15. kaewgb says:

    December 1, 2011 at 9:03 pm

    Exactly what I wanted. Thanks
16. James Reuben Knowles says:

    December 2, 2011 at 10:16 am

    Thanks for the tip, Vladimir. I’ll update the post.
17. Leonardo says:

    February 11, 2012 at 5:15 am

    Thanks for the help it was very useful

    later