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`foldmethod` and friends.

There are a bunch of different methods for folding (indentation, manual markers, custom syntax-based folding, etc), and which one you want usually depends on the file type.

I have a bunch of autocommands for different files that set the foldmethod appropriately. For example:

    augroup ft_vim
        au!

        au FileType vim setlocal foldmethod=marker foldmarker={{{,}}}
    augroup END

    augroup ft_js
        au!

        au FileType javascript setlocal foldmethod=marker foldmarker={,}
    augroup END
This makes Vim fold using markers for Vim and Javascript files. The Vim markers are the usual {{{ and }}}, but Javascript has it's own "built-in" markers we can take advantage of, so it uses { and }.



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