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Missing elixir highlights after installation by README

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
28/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
elixir, vim
Domain
tooling

Research direction

Start with the README configuration section and reproduce the report using Vim 8.2 on Debian Bullseye with only vim-elixir installed at ~/.vim/pack/lang-support/start/vim-elixir. Check why syntax highlighting is absent with the minimal ~/.vim/vimrc; done means Elixir highlighting works under the documented setup.

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Description

VIM ver. 8.2 (not self compile, .deb package from debian repo)
OS: Debian BullsEye

Reproduce the problem:

  1. Install by native package manager
    git clone https://github.com/elixir-editors/vim-elixir.git ~/.vim/pack/lang-support/start/vim-elixir
  2. Remove all lines in ~.vim/vimrc and keep just lines mentioned in README https://github.com/elixir-editors/vim-elixir#configuration
  3. Remove all plugins and keep just vim-elixir
  4. Syntax highlighting does not work
Dominant language
Ruby
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  • Ships a Dockerfile or Docker Compose file
  • No pull request template
  • No contributing guide

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

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