Bug 453970 - Get filetype from vim:set ft=<type>
Summary: Get filetype from vim:set ft=<type>
Status: RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Alias: None
Product: kate
Classification: Applications
Component: general (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 22.04.1
Platform: Arch Linux Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: KWrite Developers
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Reported: 2022-05-18 07:00 UTC by Sam
Modified: 2024-10-19 20:37 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Description Sam 2022-05-18 07:00:14 UTC 
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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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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.