Bug#314309: Vim does not recognize .plx as perl script

James Vega James Vega <jamessan@jamessan.com>, 314309@bugs.debian.org
Wed, 15 Jun 2005 13:47:27 -0400


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On Wed, Jun 15, 2005 at 07:02:30PM +0200, Nicolas George wrote:
> .plx is the author-recommanded extension for perl scripts (see _Programming
> Perl, third edition, chapter 30). The syntax highlight system of perl
> recognizes .pl files as perl, but not .plx files.

It isn't necessary for Vim to define all possible file extensions that
may be used for a specific language.  The user can tell Vim to
recognize less frequently used extensions they come across.

:help new-filetype

I'll also submit a patch to Bram for recognizing .plx as a Perl file.

James
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