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Asked: 2026-06-10T06:41:11+00:00

I downloaded vim and used it in a python file and the snippets worked

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I downloaded vim and used it in a python file and the snippets worked perfectly. But when I tried to use snipMate in a .go file (golang) it didn’t work. I read the documentation and couldn’t find an answer but when I manually used the command “:set ft=go”
the snippets worked. Why does snipMate automatically work for python and not go. Snippet files for both languages are supplied. How do I get snippets for go to automatically work?

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  1. Editorial Team

    It sounds like your .go files aren’t getting set to the appropriate filetype. You can use

    au BufRead,BufNewFile *.go setl ft=go

    in your ~/.vimrc to remedy this.

    The appropriate place for files like this is in your ~/.vim/ftdetect directory. For instance, you could create a file called ~/.vim/ftdetect/go.vim and put the command in there.

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