diff --git a/vim/plugin/myFunx.vim b/vim/plugin/myFunx.vim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fe0b839
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vim/plugin/myFunx.vim
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+" Append modeline after last line in buffer.
+" Use substitute() (not printf()) to handle '%%s' modeline in LaTeX files.
+function! AppendModeline()
+  let save_cursor = getpos('.')
+  let append = ' vim: set ts='.&tabstop.' sw='.&shiftwidth.' tw='.&textwidth.' ft='.&filetype.' : '
+  $put =substitute(&commentstring, '%s', append, '')
+  call setpos('.', save_cursor)
+endfunction
+nnoremap <silent> <Leader>ml :call AppendModeline()<CR>
+
+" vim: set ts=4 sw=4 tw=78 ft=vim : 
diff --git a/vim/plugin/skeleton.vim b/vim/plugin/skeleton.vim
index 85a1a32..0bc4648 100644
--- a/vim/plugin/skeleton.vim
+++ b/vim/plugin/skeleton.vim
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ augroup newfiles
   if has("gui_running")
     autocmd BufWritePost ~/.gvimrc   so ~/.gvimrc
   endif
+  autocmd BufRead,BufNewFile *.mako set ft=mako
 
   " Set up python support
 augroup END