From: Gavin Sinclair <gsinclair@...>
Date: 2002-12-09T10:48:47+09:00
Subject: Re: Emacs

From: "Rando Christensen" <rando@babblica.net>


> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 05:59:20 +0900: dblack@candle.superlink.net
> (dblack@candle.superlink.net):
> > (autoload 'ruby-mode "ruby-mode"
> >   "Mode for editing ruby source files" t)
> > (setq auto-mode-alist
> >       (append '(("\\.rb$" . ruby-mode)) auto-mode-alist))
> > (setq interpreter-mode-alist (append '(("ruby" . ruby-mode))
> >                               interpreter-mode-alist))
>
> Holy hell. I think you just reminded me /why/ i prefer vim over emacs.
> ;)

Hang on sunshine, before a flame-war becomes us, I'll point out that
auto-identifying what filetype Vim should use, and loading the appropriate
syntax, etc., files, only became easy with version 6.0 (i.e. a year or so ago).
Mind you, it is now exemplary.

If you invented a new language and wanted Vim to recognise it, you'd have to
jump through a few hoops.  It's not hard, but then everyone else who wanted to
use it would have to do the same.

Gavin