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Hi, everyone

I want to tune vim to be convenient for editing python code. The vim has already turned on filetype and related plugins, so I create a file "python.vim" in "~/.vim/ftplugin", and add the following lines in it:

Code:

" tune indentation

setlocal shiftwidth=4

setlocal smarttab

setlocal smartindent

setlocal cinwords=if,elif,else,for,while,try,except,finally,def,class

setlocal autoindent



" template

0read ~/.vim/template/python.template | normal G

The first block is fine, but I met a trouble with the second one. The purpose I write it is to automatically use a specific template for a new python code file, but the result is that it is executed everytime a python code file is opened, no matter it is new or old. That is not what I want.

I know I can set it in "~/.vimrc" by

Code:

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autocmd BufNewFile *.py 0read ~/.vim/template/python.template | normal G

...

But it is a little loose, and it doesn't use vim specific filetype. So how does vim know a python code file is new or old in python.vim above.

Thanks for help!