if filetype == tex

Question

I want to run a command in the .vimrc in case a file is a latex file. I think I have something with the syntax, it does not work. Any clue?

if &filetype=='tex'     set spell endif 

Answer 1

You can use auto commands to achieve what you want:

autocmd BufNewFile,BufRead *.tex set spell 

Answer 2

For those who want to check the current filetype and do something while editing, this should work:

if (&ft=='c' || &ft=='cpp')     :!g++ % endif