Setting a default vim filetype for syntax highlighting

Question

How do I tell vim to automatically use a particular filetype (usually for syntax highlighting) when none is detected?

MikeyB · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-20 12:58:07Z

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Add the following to the end of your ~/.vimrc (change conf to whichever filetype you would like as default):

if &filetype==""
  setfiletype conf
endif

answered May 20 '12 at 12:58

MikeyB
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ott-- · Answer 2 · 2012-05-20 13:49:56Z

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From within vim:

 :runtime! syntax/c.vim

answered May 20 '12 at 13:49

ott--
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	To be clear, this answer is for setting a filetype automatically when none is detected. This just sets the syntax to a C file at runtime. – MikeyB May 20 '12 at 17:44
	@MikeyB See stackoverflow.com/questions/2666551/… - it says e.g. `au BufNewFile,BufRead * if &syntax == '' \| set syntax=html \| endif`. – ott-- May 21 '12 at 11:50

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