vim: enabling Linux coding style per file

Question

I enabled Linux coding style in $HOME/.vimrc as:

let g:linuxsty_patterns = [ '/home/mark/sample1', '/home/mark/sample2', '/home/mark/sample3' ]

But is it possible to enable it per file? As I know, it is possible to pass vim settings in comments in C files. Also, I tried to manually set linuxsty_patterns while editing opened file in vim, but it didn't take any effect.

What am I doing wrong?

Luc Hermitte · Accepted Answer · 2020-03-24 00:03:26Z

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You should have stated that your question relates to a specific plugin.

Those questions are better addressed directly to the plugin maintainer.

Now, reading its source code, it seems you just need to specific a list of regexes that match the source files to which you which to apply the plugin setting. It seems this is the only control you could expect with this plugin.

answered Mar 24, 2020 at 0:03

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filbranden Over a year ago

The plug-in also registers a :LinuxCodingStyle command... So you could potentially use it to enable it on a file not included in the linuxsty_patterns list. (For example, you could use that to detect a Linux git checkout or maybe look for a well known file in a Linux tree to decide whether to adopt the style.)

Mark Over a year ago

@filbranden, I tried to call this command from vimrc as call LlinuxCodingStyle() but it keeps complainig: E117: Unknown function: LinuxCodingStyle

filbranden Over a year ago

@Mark Plug-ins are loaded after your vimrc, so typically you can call functions defined in plug-ins from autocmd's only. In any case, you should use an autocmd, since you need to call that per buffer, doing so for the first buffer opened in Vim might not be enough...

filbranden Over a year ago

Also, the one available to you is a command, not a function. The function is private, available to the script's internals only.

filbranden Over a year ago

@Mark Depends on what exactly you mean... On which condition would you like to enable Linux style? I recommend you update your question to make it more specific/explicit about what exactly you're trying to accomplish...

John Scharber · Accepted Answer · 2020-03-24 16:40:33Z

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I don't see file types in your example, but I use autogroup like this.

augroup go
  autocmd!
  " Write file before :make, :GoBuild, :GoTest|Func, :GoRun
  autocmd FileType go set autowrite
  " go fmt uses tabs for indentation, ts and sw only affect viewer
  autocmd FileType go setlocal noexpandtab tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4
  " Enable Vim syntax highlighting for Go template files
......
augroup END

answered Mar 24, 2020 at 16:40

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