Remove colon from keyword in C++ file?

Question

: is set as keyword (set iskeyword) for C++ source file by default, is there a way to just disable that in my .vimrc file instead of doing set iskeyword-=: every time? It seems the plug-in set the keyword is loaded after loading .vimrc file.

Answer 1

You could put

setlocal iskeyword-=:

inside ~/.vim/after/ftplugin/cpp.vim

Loads automatically when you open files where the filetype is cpp. If it doesn't work, try setting filetype plugin on.

Update:

Or you could do

autocmd FileType cpp :setlocal iskeyword-=:

In your .vimrc, but I recommend you put it in a ftplugin - it keeps your .vimrc clutter-free.