How to set LaTeX syntax to "ConTeXt" in vimrc

Question

TL;DR: How do I permanently and persistently :set syntax=context for *.tex files?

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I've been using vim for a LaTeX project, with monokai-tasty as the colour scheme.

The default syntax highlighting seems to be TeX Highlighting

:set syntax=tex

I personally prefer ConTeXt Highlighting

:set syntax=context

but cannot figure out how to make it stick for all *.tex buffers, or between sessions.

I've tried several ways of getting this to work, mostly through vimrc, though none of them have. Most recently I created ~/.vim/ftdetect/tex.vim containing

autocmd BufNewFile,BufRead *.tex set syntax=context

My vimrc can be seen here, in case there are any obvious collisions with what I'm trying to do there.

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Not sure if I've given enough information. I am, of course, happy to add any more if it's not enough to be helpful.

Answer 1

I think what you are looking for is the variable g:tex_flavor. Put this in your vimrc file:

let g:tex_flavor = 'context'

For more information, see :help g:tex_flavor.

Answer 2

If you just want to set the syntax always to context, just put this in your vimrc:

autocmd BufReadPost *.tex set syntax=context