How can I make vim open certain types of files using special syntax highlighting?

Question

I want vim to open all * .asm files with the syntax set to nasm, so I don’t have to type :set syntax=nasmevery time I run vim.

I'm sure there is something that I can attach to my .vimrc file?

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imnotfred Sep 27 '12 at 2:41

2 answers

Using:

let asmsyntax="nasm"

in your .vimrc

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some random dude Oct 4 '17 at 19:10

Brombomb · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-27T02:45:19+0000

Add this to your vimrc file

au BufRead,BufNewFile *.asm set filetype=nasm

At any time, when the buffer reads or creates a new file with the extension .asm, it will format it with the file syntaxnasm

aushortened for autocmd, you can find out more using:h au