To install, copy the files prismmodel.vim and prismproperty.vim to a directory where syntax files reside, e.g. on Unix this can be the ~/.vim/syntax/ directory Then add the following 3 lines to your filetype.vim (on Unix, this can be in ~/.vim/filetype.vim): au BufRead,BufNewFile *.prism setfiletype prismmodel au BufRead,BufNewFile *.[pns]m setfiletype prismmodel au BufRead,BufNewFile *.smg setfiletype prismmodel au BufRead,BufNewFile *.props setfiletype prismproperty au BufRead,BufNewFile *.pctl setfiletype prismproperty