vim - 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

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5998374/if-filetype-tex

Answer 1

You can use auto commands to achieve what you want:

autocmd BufNewFile,BufRead *.tex set spell