The problem is I want to apply the highlighting to multiple blocks of text simultaneously, so regexp doesn't help.
mohsin. On 8/4/06, Ilya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Mohsin wrote: > I want to use a highlighter mode on my text file, example: > > :color_region bold line1 col1 line2 col2 > :color_region bold 5 5 6 6 > :color_region underline 5 5 6 6 > > I couldn't do this in vim. Vim only has syntax coloring with regexps. > Emacs has functions to apply properties to text blocks, and I was hoping > vim has something comparable. > > tia. > m From :help /ordinary-atom Overview of ordinary atoms. */ordinary-atom* More explanation and examples below, follow the links. ... |/\%l| \%23l \%23l in line 23 |/zero-width| |/\%c| \%23c \%23c in column 23 |/zero-width| |/\%v| \%23v \%23v in virtual column 23 |/zero-width| Maybe this regexp atoms could be used to simulate text blocks from emacs?
