
The names marked with * are the preferred groups the others are minor groups.įor the preferred groups, the "syntax. *Todo anything that needs extra attention mostly the

*Underlined text that stands out, HTML links SpecialComment special things inside a comment SpecialChar special character in a constant StorageClass static, register, volatile, etc. PreCondit preprocessor #if, #else, #endif, etc. String a string constant: "this is a string"Ĭharacter a character constant: 'c', '\n'īoolean a boolean constant: TRUE, false Float a floating point constant: 2.3e10įunction function name (also: methods for classes)Ĭonditional if, then, else, endif, switch, etc. You can see the actual color, except for "Ignore"): About GitHub Wiki SEE, a crawler enabler for GitHub Wikis as GitHub blocks GitHub Wikis from search engines. These are the suggested group names (if syntax highlighting works properly To be able to allow each user to pick their favorite set of colors, there mustīe preferred names for highlight groups that are common for many languages. However, Vim does not giveĪn error when using other characters. The name for a highlight or syntax group must consist of ASCII letters, digitsĪnd the underscore. These are then linked to a highlight group that specifies the color.Ī syntax group name doesn't specify any color or attributes itself. When syntax is slow :syntime E669 W18 A syntax group name is to be used for syntax items that match the same kind of Syntax loading procedure syntax-loadingġ9. Usr_44.txt introduces writing a syntax file.ģ.

Usr_06.txt introduces syntax highlighting. Terminals have very limited highlighting possibilities, it works best in the

Vim supports syntax highlighting on all terminals. Lexical highlighting might be a better name, but since everybodyĬalls it syntax highlighting we'll stick with that. Vimĭoesn't parse the whole file (to keep it fast), so the highlighting has its Those parts can be specific keywords or text matching a pattern.
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VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar Syntax highlighting syntax syntax-highlighting coloring Syntax highlighting enables Vim to show parts of the text in another font orĬolor.
