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vim and TeX filetypes: plaintex vs. tex

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Mar 15, 202610348 views
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I open files with Vim, but some files are recognized as and others as . Why is this? What is the trigger that recognizes the file as tex, which has the highlighting I want?

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.tex

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Fix for: vim and TeX filetypes: plaintex vs. tex

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Why are some files opened in Vim as and others as ? Since the same extension, in this case, is used for multiple filetypes, "Vim tries to guess what kind of file it is" according to the Vim filetype-overrule documentation. The ft-tex-plugin section …

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