> > I have added new commands to Vim (i.e. to ex_cmds.h) and I would like > > them to be properly highlighted when I edit .vim files (e.g. .gvimrc). > > I looked at runtime/syntax/vim.vim and from a comment therein I > > gather that this file is automatically generated, so I don't dare to > > add my commands "manually". My question is how do I generate this > > file? Or can I just add my new commands directly to it? > > > > Thanks, > > Björn > > Auto-generated or not, you should never make alterations directly in any file > in the $VIMRUNTIME directory tree, because any patchlevel upgrade may > overwrite your changes with no warning, and when you eventually upgrade to Vim > 7.2 or Vim 8.0, the whole $VIMRUNTIME tree will be re-created from scratch at > a different location (with a path ending in .../vim72/ or .../vim80/ instead > of .../vim71/), losing any changes you might have made days, weeks, months or > even years before. > > To make changes to the settings set by any script under $VIMRUNTIME, put them > in a script of the same name at the same relative place under (Windows) > ~/vimfiles/after or (Unix) ~/.vim/after : so, to make changes to the behaviour > of $VIMRUNTIME/syntax/vim.vim, place your tweaks in (for example on Unix) > ~/.vim/after/syntax/vim.vim -- that script will be sourced immediately after > the distributed one, whenever the latter is sourced. > > -- and if any of the required directories doesn't yet exist, create it.
I'm sorry, but I should have been a bit clearer in my first post. I really do need to modify the runtime files as I am working on a new port of Vim for the Mac. So I still would like to know how the syntax/vim.vim file is generated. Thanks, Björn --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
