syntax highlighting of rc.conf with vim

[Jeremy Chadwick]

On Sat, Jul 28, 2007 at 05:12:42PM +0400, Andrey V. Elsukov wrote:
> > Am 28.07.2007 um 14:26 schrieb Miroslav Lachman:
> > > If your rc.conf file will start with comment character (#) then  
> > > syntax highlight will be OK.
> > WUOUf, that is a pretty trick. Thanks very much. It works.
> 
> Also you can put in the comment highlight type:
> # vim: filetype=sh

FreeBSD has somewhat of an exception to this.  The feature you're
talking about is called vim modeline, and there's quite a big warning
in the vim port (shown during installation) about modelines causing
historic security problems.

Regardless of that fact, I do use them myself, but I'm selective
about them.  I prefer to use .vimrc and set up appropriate AutoCmd
entries depending upon fully-qualified paths for config files.

Take your pick.  I just wanted to point out that FreeBSD does
explicitly mention the historic issues with modeline in the port.

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