Question

I have a vim plugin that defines a bunch of key mappings.

I’m trying to figure out how I can change the defininition of the key mapping based on the filetype.

For example:

If the file is a *.py: then map the key to X
If the file is a *.php: then map the key to Y

Thanks!

Answer 1

Yes. One way would be to use autocmd to call a custom function that sets your maps. It would look roughly like the following (could have mangled the syntax, so this isn’t really copy & pastable):

augroup foo
autocmd!
autocmd FileType python call MyPythonSettings()
augroup end

function !MyPythonSettings()
set noai
" set mappings...
endfunction