New answers tagged syntax-highlighting
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How do you highlight text surrounded by double equals
I had the same question. My solution is not perfect, since I do not do exactly what you want, but you can adapt my solution to yours, if you are willing to add more highlight groups.
To do close what ...
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Syntax highlight for C #define constant
Strictly technically speaking, there isn't really a difference between a define that "acts like a constant" vs. a "macro": in both cases the C pre-processor essentially does a ...
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Create a new syntax highlighting by reusing an existing syntax
The user manual explains how to do this at :help 44.9.
In your new cext.vim syntax highlighting file, add the following line to include the Vim runtime's existing C++ highlighting:
:runtime! syntax/...
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Syntax highlighting for grub configuration
If filetype was set wrong then reset it manually. If it happens too often then fix it by :h ftdetect once and forever;
If syntax is outdated ping syntax maintainer. If syntax is abandoned search web ...
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Is it possible to specify a background color that is "added" in a particular matching region?
The resulting highlight for each position in text is set according to the most deeply nested syntax match at that position. If such match lacks, say, background attribute then it's taken from Normal ...
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Vimwiki/Markdown blockquote syntax highlight
You can modify the behavior of syntax files. Create a file at .vim/syntax/after/markdown.vim with the contents:
"highlight the entire block quote
syn match Statement "^> .*"
Note '...
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How to recognize Azure pipeline template expressions in bash?
This fixes it:
~/.vim/after/syntax/yaml/SyntaxInclude.vim:
call SyntaxRange#Include('^\ *- \(script\|bash\): |', 'condition\|displayName', 'bash')
" Allow template variables ...
" ... in ...
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How can I enable .xml syntax highlighting for .xaml files?
Assuming all works as you wish it when you enter :set filetype=xml when your XAML file is open in a buffer, try this: create file ~/.vim/ftdetect/xaml.vim containing the following:
" Detects XAML ...
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syntax highlighting breaks on escaped newlines / characters
This code uses the i3ConfigLineCont rule.
syn region i3ConfigLineCont start=/^.*\\$/ end=/^.*$/ ...
end=/^.*$/ needs to be end=/^[^\\]*$/ to fix the highlight error. There is a pull request with this ...
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