Vim syntaxfile: Difference between revisions
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Revision as of 15:13, 30 July 2023
Syntax for writing vim syntax-files.
Documentation
:h syn-match
https://vimhelp.org/syntax.txt.html#%3Asyn-match :h syn-region
https://vimhelp.org/syntax.txt.html#%3Asyn-region :h syn-arguments
(ex. conceal, cchar, contained, ..)https://vimhelp.org/syntax.txt.html#%3Asyn-arguments
Locations
${vim-or-plug}/syntax/${vim_filetype}.vim
syntax files
Example
ftdetect/my_language.vim
Register a filetype based on a file-extension" ftdetect/my_language.vim au BufRead,BufNewFile *.todo set filetype=todolist_simple
syntax/my_language.vim
Define the syntax-highligting for the filetype" syntax/my_language.vim " don't reload if already loaded if exists('b:my_language_syntax') finish endif " Define marker colours (CLI/GUI) let s:todo_colour = 'magenta' let s:gui_todo_colour = '#F57900' " Define Regexes let s:todo_regex = '\(^\s*\)\@<=\*\([a-zA-Z]\)\@!' " Define syntax for Regexes execute "syntax match my_language_todo '". s:todo_regex ."'" " Apply highlighting execute ' highlight todolistsimple_todo ctermfg='. s:todo_colour .' guifg='. s:gui_todo_colour .' ctermbg=none cterm=bold gui=bold' " mark file as loaded let b:my_language_syntax = 1
Basics
Match Regions
syntax match \ " ... syntax region \ " ...