From: Heikki Junes <heikki.junes@hut.fi>
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 22:40:17 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: instructions to vim syntax-highlighting.
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instructions to vim syntax-highlighting.
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diff --git a/Documentation/topdocs/INSTALL.texi b/Documentation/topdocs/INSTALL.texi
index 2356ecff53..fd131e91a6 100644
--- a/Documentation/topdocs/INSTALL.texi
+++ b/Documentation/topdocs/INSTALL.texi
@@ -346,10 +346,21 @@ file.
 
 A Vim mode for entering music and running LilyPond is contained in
 the source archive. Append the content of @file{vimrc} to @file{~/.vimrc}
-to get shortcuts. Install files @file{lilypond.vim} and @file{lilypond.words} 
-to @file{~/.vim/} to get syntax-highlighting and auto-completion,
-correspondingly.
-
+to get shortcuts. Install file @file{lilypond.words} to @file{~/.vim/} to 
+get auto-completion. Syntax highlighting you get by installing 
+@file{lilypond.vim} to @file{~/.vim/syntax/} and appending the following
+to @file{~/.vim/filetype.vim}:
+@quotation
+@example
+" my filetype file
+if exists("did_load_filetypes")
+  finish
+endif
+augroup filetypedetect
+  au! BufRead,BufNewFile  *.ly          setfiletype lilypond
+augroup
+@end example
+@end quotation
 
 @section Compiling for distributions