vim-postfix

The scripts provided in this repository will create vim syntax files for Postfix.

Create syntax files

You need to configure two variables in each of the two scripts before they are able to create syntax files.

#!/bin/bash

POSTCONF1=/usr/share/man/man1/postconf.1.bz2
POSTCONF5=/usr/share/man/man5/postconf.5.bz2

###############################################################################

The paths in POSTCONF1 and POSTCONF5 need to match the absolute path to their corresponding man pages.

Once you've edited the scripts run ./create-pfmain.sh to create a new pfmain.vim file in the current directory. Then run ./create-pfmaster.sh for the pfmaster.vim file.

Install syntax files

vim comes with Postfix syntax highlighting preinstalled. In order to use your own syntax files you can either copy them over the existing syntax file or install your own locally.

If you install the new syntax files locally into $HOME/.vim/syntax they will override the global, preinstalled version.

Enable highlighting

You can use either modelines or an autocommand to enable syntax highlighting.

modeline

If Vim does not auto highlight main.cf or master.cf if you open them, add a modeline at the end of the Postfix configuration files like this for main.cf:

...

# vim: syn=pfmain.cf:

Exchange pfmain.cf for pfmaster.cf in master.cf.

autocommand

If you don't want to use modelines in vim autocommand is your friend. Create a filetype.vim file in your $HOME/.vim directory and add the following lines:

" Postfix 
au BufNewFile,BufRead   main.cf     setfiletype pfmain
au BufNewFile,BufRead   master.cf   setfiletype pfmaster

Have fun...