Vim syntaxfile
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Example
" ftdetect/todolist_simple.vim au BufRead,BufNewFile *.todo set filetype=todolist_simple" indent/todolist_simple.vim let b:did_indent = 1 " copy indentation from prev line setlocal autoindent setlocal indentexpr= setlocal tabstop=4 setlocal softtabstop=4 setlocal shiftwidth=4 setlocal expandtab" syntax/todolist_simple.vim if exists("b:current_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 todolistsimple_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' " Register filetype (ex. ft=todolist_simple) let b:current_syntax = "todolist_simple"