vim missing udev.vim

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From: http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1381

Syntax highlighting for the udev.rules file

[Andrew McCarthy (andrewmccarthy)]

Vim in Hardy includes the files udevrules.vim, udevperm.vim and udevconf.vim (in /usr/share/vim/vim71/syntax and /usr/share/vim/vim71/ftplugin). Can you describe what is provided by the vim script you mention and not by these? Thanks!

[x (xk2c-deactivatedaccount)]

In the meantime i have my own workaround.

I guess at the time of filling this bugreport i didn't saw syntax highlighting with default hardy-vim in udev-files.

i have rechecked today and when opening '/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules' i see:
:set filetype?
filetype=hog

I have written '~/.vim/after/ftdetect/my_filetype.vim':

    " udevrules
    autocmd BufNewFile,BufRead *udev/*.rules
                \ setlocal filetype=udevrules

    " udev permissions
    autocmd BufNewFile,BufRead *udev/*.permissions
                \ setlocal filetype=udevperm

to verify this i have used a modified /etc/vim/vimrc attached

[x (xk2c-deactivatedaccount)]

> to verify this i have used a modified /etc/vim/vimrc attached

i mean to verify syntaxhighlighting doesn't work with default hardy-vim in udev-files

[Andrew McCarthy (andrewmccarthy)]

Looking more closely at filetype.vim in vim 7.2 (as used in Jaunty), it looks like the filetype-detection has already been updated. I don't have a Jaunty test machine handy. If somebody listening does, can they please double-check this is correct and this bug can be closed as "Fix Released". Thanks!

[x (xk2c-deactivatedaccount)]

cough "Fix Released" cough

are hardy useres supposed to live long-term with this bug?

[x (xk2c-deactivatedaccount)]

imho there is a sru for vim pending anyway:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/gutsy/+source/vim/+bug/240216

[Andrew McCarthy (andrewmccarthy)]

Since it's a relatively minor bug (i.e. not security, crash or data loss), it's going to take a bit of convincing to get it back-ported to Hardy. However, there is a procedure for this, described here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates#Procedure

Follow steps 1 and 2, and hopefully one of the Vim maintainers will consider it. (I'm not a Vim maintainer).

[x (xk2c-deactivatedaccount)]

i have marked Bug #229566 as duplicate.

It's the same issue, but an other filetype.

[Gary M (garym)]

Confirming fixed for udev files in maverick, and as hinted by Andrew in jaunty.