On Sa, 12 Jul 2025, Mark Manning wrote:
> Using Vim 9.1
>
> Hi everyone! I got a C source file and started to edit it and did not see my
> colors come up like normal. So for the last five hours I have been working on
> making changes to the C.VIM syntax file. I was wondering if it can be
> included into
> the next release. I uploaded it to my account on the VIM website (Bram's
> website). But I can upload it here if you want.
>
> Things I have done to the file:
>
> 1. I went to the IBM webpage on the Standard C functions and copy/pasted all
> of them into the C.VIM file. Edited the list to just get the function names
> and built a "syn keyword" list of the functions.
> 2. I took the generic function code I had put into the iwbasic.vim syntax
> file and put it at the end of the list of functions so now all functions are
> captured. (I might need to try some weird function names to make sure I got
> everything.)
> 3. Added in the:
>
> hi def link cFunction Function
>
> so the functions will now show up as functions.
>
> 4. Put a blurb in about what I did. I put this at the top of the list of
> functions.
Thanks. Can you create a PR against the Vim repo so we can see what
exactly you are changing? This also runs the test suite, so we will see
any failures early.
Thanks,
Christian
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