Bug 453970

Summary:	Get filetype from vim:set ft=<type>
Product:	[Applications] kate	Reporter:	Sam <thenerdiestguy>
Component:	general	Assignee:	KWrite Developers <kwrite-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Severity:	normal	CC:	christoph, gl.ivanovsky
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	22.04.1
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Arch Linux
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Sam 2022-05-18 07:00:14 UTC

SUMMARY
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Some files have a comment with `# vim:set ft=sh` or something else. If kate could also understand it then that would be nice.

OBSERVED RESULT
Kate does not care about it

EXPECTED RESULT
Kate should set the filetype accordingly

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Comment 1 Christoph Cullmann 2024-10-19 20:37:55 UTC

That is a nice idea but would require some mapping from vi types to our ones. I don't think we will have time to spend on that. We support our own modelines.