Yes, Maxim; that's exactly what I want to accomplish. And yes, I don't see how to do it in vimscript, but I was hoping someone might have an idea.
I suppose an imap on ':' might be able to make it happen with functions. On Monday, December 14, 2020 at 1:41:23 PM UTC+2 Maxim Kim wrote: > If I get you right I don't think this is possible (or really cumbersome to > do) with existing :syntax commands. > > : foo bar ; <-- foo is defined and highlighted as statement > > then anywhere else in the text: > > bla bla bla foo bla bla <-- foo should be highlighted as statement > > Although, text properties with external text analyzer might be a good fit > for it. > > понедельник, 14 декабря 2020 г. в 08:04:27 UTC+3, Ron Aaron: > >> I explained exactly what I mean in the original post. >> >> Yes, of course I'm talking about a specific file type, but the specific >> type is unimportant since it's something I'm creating and not something in >> the vim syntax files. >> >> What I intend is simply that if the user types in (the file being >> created) something like: >> >> * : foo bar ;* >> >> Then "*foo*" becomes a syntax keyword. The criteria for becoming a >> keyword in this context is that it is preceded by a colon, and delimited by >> white-space. Thus 'bar' is not a keyword, nor is ": foo". Think of the >> leading colon-space as a function declarator. >> >> What I can't figure out is how to trap "foo" without trapping the leading >> colon-space. >> >> On Sunday, December 13, 2020 at 5:28:28 PM UTC+2 Charles Campbell wrote: >> >>> Ron Aaron wrote: >>> > Is this possible w/ vim's syntax highlighting? >>> > >>> > On Wednesday, December 9, 2020 at 10:56:35 AM UTC+2 Ron Aaron wrote: >>> > >>> > Hi all - >>> > >>> > I want to have a keyword (user-defined function) highlighted by my >>> > syntax file. >>> > >>> > The code looks like this: >>> > >>> > : foo blah blah ; >>> > >>> > In this case I want "foo" to be scooped up. What I'm doing now is >>> > this: >>> > >>> > syn match colonDef "^\s*:\s\+\zs\S\+" >>> > >>> > That highlights the correct thing (e.g. 'foo') where it's defined, >>> > but I can't figure out how to get it to be highlighted elsewhere >>> > in the code (e.g. when simply 'foo' appears without a leading colon). >>> > >>> > How can I accomplish this? >>> > >>> > >>> What do you mean by "vim's syntax highlighting"? Assuming no filetype, >>> say in a file called "joe.coffee", you could type >>> >>> syn keyword colonDef foo >>> hi link colonDef Statement >>> >>> and foo would be highlighted as Statement in your file. >>> >>> Somehow I don't think you're really meaning "vim's syntax highlighting", >>> but rather "vim's syntax highlighting for the XYZ filetype". Naturally, >>> that missing information greatly affects things. Syntax highlighting >>> involves groups, containment, matches, regions, etc. My guess is that >>> you want your modified "colonDef" highlighting to occur in some region >>> defined by the filetype's syntax highlighting, but you've defined a >>> match that is not contained in that region. To find out what that region >>> is named, you could try my plugin: >>> http://www.drchip.org/astronaut/vim/index.html#HILINKS and use :HLT!, >>> move the cursor about, and you'll see a trace explaining what syntax and >>> highlighting regions/etc are involved. Additionally, there's issues of >>> priority involved, but often you can use "containedin=..." to get what >>> you want. >>> >>> Once you've done that, you could place a file in your >>> .vim/after/syntax/XYZ.vim file the extra directions giving the >>> additional highlighting you want. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Chip Campbell >>> >> -- -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vim_dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_dev/6cb90bde-9fc2-4129-86a1-0434bdb16e71n%40googlegroups.com.
