Adding a hook to Vim's default buffer

Question

I want to configure Vim such that when the [No Name] buffer is open, the syntax is set to markdown. Is this possible? I couldn't see such kind of hook in Vim's help.

I'm using Vim 7.3, compiled with --with-features=huge.

Answer 1

This is mentioned on the vim tips wiki:

" default filetype
let g:do_filetype = 0
au GUIEnter,BufAdd * if expand('<afile>') == "" | let g:do_filetype = 1 | endif
au BufEnter * if g:do_filetype | setf markdown | let g:do_filetype = 0 | endif

Why the need to use a global variable, and not set the filetype immediately, is to my understanding, because the buffer hasn't been fully created when the autocmd is triggered.