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author Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>
date Sat, 10 Oct 2020 17:00:04 +0200
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1 This directory contains Vim scripts for syntax highlighting.
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3 These scripts are not for a language, but are used by Vim itself:
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5 syntax.vim Used for the ":syntax on" command. Uses synload.vim.
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7 manual.vim Used for the ":syntax manual" command. Uses synload.vim.
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9 synload.vim Contains autocommands to load a language file when a certain
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10 file name (extension) is used. And sets up the Syntax menu
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11 for the GUI.
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13 nosyntax.vim Used for the ":syntax off" command. Undo the loading of
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14 synload.vim.
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17 A few special files:
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19 2html.vim Converts any highlighted file to HTML (GUI only).
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20 colortest.vim Check for color names and actual color on screen.
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21 hitest.vim View the current highlight settings.
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22 whitespace.vim View Tabs and Spaces.
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25 If you want to write a syntax file, read the docs at ":help usr_44.txt".
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27 If you make a new syntax file which would be useful for others, please send it
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28 to Bram@vim.org. Include instructions for detecting the file type for this
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29 language, by file name extension or by checking a few lines in the file.
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30 And please write the file in a portable way, see ":help 44.12".
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32 If you have remarks about an existing file, send them to the maintainer of
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33 that file. Only when you get no response send a message to Bram@vim.org.
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35 If you are the maintainer of a syntax file and make improvements, send the new
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36 version to Bram@vim.org.
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38 For further info see ":help syntax" in Vim.