VIM - ftplugin doesn't seem to work

Question

I'm using spf13's vim distribution https://github.com/spf13/spf13-vim. I have been trying to use 2 spaces instead of 4 spaces for `.js` files, for that reason I have created a `js.vim` in `~/.vim/ftplugin`. Am I doing it wrong? js.vim ``` set shiftwidth=2 " Use indents of 2 spaces set tabstop=2 " An indentation every two columns set softtabstop=2 " Use two spaces while editing ```

Accepted Answer

The naming convention for ftplugin filenames is:

```
{filetype}.vim
```

In your case, the filetype is `javascript`, not `js`, so it would be:

```
~/.vim/ftplugin/javascript.vim
```

or, better:

```
~/.vim/after/ftplugin/javascript.vim
```

Also, you must use `setlocal` instead of `set` to prevent your options from leaking to other buffers:

```
setlocal shiftwidth=2
setlocal tabstop=2
setlocal softtabstop=2
```

Note that the default JavaScript ftplugin doesn't define a default tabwidth at all.

VIM - ftplugin doesn't seem to work

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