that works well - i couldn't quite figure out what the 'contains' and 'contained' keywords were for just from the help files, so thanks much :) thanks also for the tip about the naming convention - i've amended my syntax file accordingly.
A.J.Mechelynck wrote: > > subrama6 wrote: >> i'm somewhat new to vim, and particularly new to making my own syntax >> file, >> so please forgive me if this is a dumb question :) basically, i'm using >> vim >> to keep a GTD style todo list, with various tasks tagged by context. the >> format of the file is as follows: >> >> @vim @syntax : learn how to do write vim syntax files >> @vim @motions : learn more about motions >> @shopping @grocery : pick up bread on the way home >> ...etc >> >> these are all indented two spaces so that folding by indent works well >> for >> the various headings i've made. i've made a syntax file that does >> *almost* >> everything i want it to. the only thing i can't seem to get work is to >> get >> the tag identfier, namely "@", to be a different, but specified, color >> than >> the text following it. >> >> here's what i mean. >> >> in the syntax file, i have something similar to the following >> >> syn match tag /\s@/ >> highlight link tag Special >> >> this makes the whole thing, "@xxxxx", appear highlighted as Special. >> what >> i'd like to do, though, is have the @ be one color and the rest of the >> tag >> be another - Error, for example. I've tried the following: >> >> syn match tagtext /@[a-z]*/s+1 >> highlight link tagtext Error >> >> if the statements from above are in there, these lines appear not to make >> any difference. if they are not, the whole string gets highlighted as >> Error. I've tried multiple kinds of regexes, but it seems to me that >> when >> there are two that both have to do with the "@", they seem to be >> clobbering >> each other. >> >> Any suggestions? > > What about > > syn match mysyntaxTag /\<@\a*\>/ contains=mysyntaxTagIdent > syn match mysyntaxTagIdent /@/ contained > hi default link mysyntaxTag Identifier > hi default link mysyntaxTagIdent PreProc > > Note that by convention, any syntax groups that you create should start by > the > name (in lowercase) of the syntax script that created them; then comes the > rest of the name (starting with a capital). This is meant to avoid clashes > between scripts for different syntaxes. This convention is obeyed by any > syntax script accepted in the main distribution, such as the > "conaryrecipe" > syntax currently being discussed on vim-dev. > > > Best regards, > Tony. > -- > Government lies, and newspapers lie, but in a democracy they are > different lies. > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/syntax---multiple-colors-in-same-string-tf3653839.html#a10218189 Sent from the Vim - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
