Can you have file type-specific key bindings in Vim?

Question

In my .vimrc file, I have a key binding for commenting out that inserts double slashes (//) at the start of a line:

" the mappi         


        

Answer 1

This is only a partial answer for people coming here having difficulties getting any ftplugin scripts working, but remember that your .vimrc (or a file that it sources) should contain

filetype plugin on

or

:filetype plugin on

for filetype-plugins to be executed when a file of a given type is loaded.