Hi all,

don't sure, if this the right place for my question, but anyway:

I'm trying to use gvim as editor. I managed to set in the "vimrc" with "set nu", that line numbering is on. I also tried switching on syntax highlighting for Baan with "set syn=Baan", which works in the command line of gvim, but it doesn't work in "vimrc". How can I set syntax highlighting on automaticaly for Baan??

Thanks
Spartacus

I have this setting in my _gvimrc file:
set dictionary=$VIMRUNTIME\syntax\b4gl.vim
set ignorecase " ignore upper/lower in searches; required for correct syntax checking with b4gl

Hi OmeLuuk,

tried the same. I have had no "_gvim" before. So I created one. I placed "set dictionary=$VIMRUNTIME\syntax\b4gl.vim" also in "_vimrc". 'till now without success.

Btw: I replaced "b4gl.vim" because in my "syntax" - dir is only a file called "baan.vim"

Thanks
Spartacus

spartacus: Btw: I replaced "b4gl.vim" because in my "syntax" - dir is only a file called "baan.vim"... we use our own customized version ;)

Lets see what I have:
My VIM dir is "c:\vim" and my program dir is "c:\vim\vim61"
My $VIMRUNTIME points to "c:\vim\vim61"
C:\vim>dir /b
vim61
vimfiles
own_settings.vim
_gvimrc
_viminfo
_vimrc
In own_settings.vim a.o.:
set number " Show Line numbers
set columns=88 " To show Line Numbers
In _vimrc a.o.:
source $VIMRUNTIME/vimrc_example.vim
source $VIMRUNTIME/mswin.vim
In _gvimrc a.o. including what is mentioned before:
"*************************************************************
" Set syntax file to Baan 4GL
"*************************************************************
" for Baan IV *.cln / V *.bc
au BufNewFile,BufRead *.cln,*.bc,* so $VIMRUNTIME\syntax\b4gl.vim
:so $VIM\own_settings.vim

Maybe your vim did not associate the syntax with file type yet... If you had your script loaded, could you switch syntax to baan?

Hi OmeLuuk,

didn't evaluate right now, all the cryptical lines you wrote...
"VIM dir", "program dir" and so on. Will do that later with more time.

But I can answer your last question: Yes, if the script is loaded, I can switch with ":set syn=Baan" to Baan.

What works in vimrc is: "set nu" for line numbering.


Thanks
Spartacus

Now I know a little more:

I put "set nu" to "vimrc_example.vim"

In "_vimrc" I have the same as you:
source $VIMRUNTIME/vimrc_example.vim
source $VIMRUNTIME/mswin.vim


I created a "_gvimrc" in "d:\vim" (I have it on "d:"). In that I put your:
"au BufNewFile,BufRead *.cln,*.bc,* so $VIMRUNTIME\syntax\Baan.vim"

!!If I misstype "Baan.vim" (for example: Baanx.vim", I get an error message. With "Baan.vim" none, But syntax highlighting still istn't set correct.

Maybe there is a prob with NT4? I dont't remember if I have had admin rights during installation of gvim. There was also an error message regarding an attempt to write to the registry??

Is "$VIMRUNTIME" a environment var I have to set?

Thanks
Spartacus

In my _vimrc, all I have is syntax on.

In my filetype.vim file, which in my case is in the vim61 subdirectory, I have the following line:

au BufNewFile,BufRead *.cln,*.bc set ft=baan

This performs the association for me so that when I edit the Baan scripts/libraries (which Baan creates as tmp files with either the cln or bc suffix depending on version) it automatically selects the Baan syntax.

I hope this helps.

Hi evesely,

thanks a lot, that helps !!!!

Spartacus