From 239dfe163ccbaa8bb7c46a05b86d5e86de4d0e50 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Vishnu V. Krishnan" <vishnugb@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2019 17:11:20 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Simplify vim-files Resolves #1500

---
 tools/vim/README.txt   | 24 +++++++++++-------------
 tools/vim/filetype.vim |  4 ++++
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 tools/vim/filetype.vim

diff --git a/tools/vim/README.txt b/tools/vim/README.txt
index eb040aa4cd..578ff4945e 100644
--- a/tools/vim/README.txt
+++ b/tools/vim/README.txt
@@ -22,24 +22,22 @@ in the syntax file (lammps.vim). You can easily add new ones.
 
 (0) Create/edit ~/.vimrc to contain:
          syntax on
-(1) Create directories ~/.vim and ~/.vim/syntax
+(1) Create directories ~/.vim/syntax and ~/.vim/ftdetect
 (2) Copy lammps.vim to ~/.vim/syntax/lammps.vim
-(3) Create/edit ~/.vim/filetype.vim to contain
-
-" vim syntax highlight customizations
-if exists("did_load_filetypes")
- finish
-endif
-
-augroup filetypedetect
- au! BufRead,BufNewFile in.*           setfiletype lammps
- au! BufRead,BufNewFile *.lmp          setfiletype lammps
-augroup END
-(4) the end
+(3) Copy filetype.vim as ~/.vim/ftdetect/lammps.vim
 
 
 Gerolf Ziegenhain <gerolf@ziegenhain.com> 2007
 
+Distribution Packaging guidelines:
+==================================
+
+(0) Copy lammps.vim to ${VIMFILES}/syntax/lammps.vim
+(1) Copy filetype.vim as ${VIMFILES}/ftdetect/lammps.vim
+
+${VIMFILES} is typically /usr/share/vim/vimfiles
+Consult your packaging guidlines for exact location.
+
 ---------------
 
 updated by Sam Bateman, 11/2010
diff --git a/tools/vim/filetype.vim b/tools/vim/filetype.vim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8bc2315144
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/vim/filetype.vim
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+augroup filetypedetect
+ au! BufRead,BufNewFile in.*           setfiletype lammps
+ au! BufRead,BufNewFile *.lmp          setfiletype lammps
+augroup END