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Open a Lua .love file in Vim

So today I learned that Vim opens zip files for viewing and modification in an interface very similar to the directory browser.

Is there a way to open .love files accordingly? I tried setting the filetype:

vim red-pill.love -c "set filetype=zip"

...but no luck. It opens as a binary file.

Solution

  • According to the zip.vim plugin docs:

    Apparently there are a number of archivers who generate zip files that don't use the .zip extension (.jar, .xpi, etc). To handle such files, place a line in your <.vimrc> file:

    au BufReadCmd *.jar,*.xpi call zip#Browse(expand("<amatch>"))

    Therefore, add this to your vimrc:

    au BufReadCmd *.love call zip#Browse(expand("<amatch>"))