Re: Problem with VIM syntax coloring

Tony,
Thanks for the tip! I put the syn braces into the java.vim file, and it works perfectly!
Peter V.

On May 1, 2010, at 3:55 PM, Tony Mechelynck wrote:

> On 01/05/10 18:01, peterv6 wrote:
>>
>> I am having a problem with a vim color file. It colors everything the way I
>> want it, except for Braces. I set this color file as the default to use in
>> my .vimrc file. When I go in to edit a file, say a java file, however,
>> everything colorizes perfectly, but the braces, brackets, curly brackets,
>> and parenthesis don't color. To get them to color, I have to run the color
>> command with the appropriate color filename. Can anyone help me out with
>> this? I'm assuming it's a syntax error in the color file. The file is:
>>
>> " peterv0.vim - Vim color file
>> 2 " Last Change: 2010 May 01
>> 3 "
>> 4 set background=dark
>> 5 hi clear
>> 6 if exists("syntax_on")
>> 7 syntax reset
>> 8 endif
>> 9 let g:colors_name = "peterv0"
>> 10 "
>> 11 syn match Braces display '[{}()\[\]]'
>> 12 hi Braces ctermfg=yellow
>> 13 "
>> 14 hi Cursor ctermfg=black ctermbg=white
>> 15 hi CursorLine cterm=underline,bold ctermbg=black ctermfg=yellow
>> 16 hi DiffAdd ctermbg=blue ctermfg=black
>> 17 hi DiffChange ctermbg=darkGreen ctermfg=black
>> 18 hi DiffDelete ctermbg=cyan ctermfg=black
>> 19 hi DiffText ctermbg=lightGreen ctermfg=black
>> 20 hi ErrorMsg ctermfg=lightRed
>> 21 hi FoldColumn ctermbg=gray ctermfg=black
>> 22 hi Folded ctermbg=yellow ctermfg=black
>> 23 hi IncSearch ctermfg=black ctermbg=darkYellow
>> 24 hi LineNr ctermfg=cyan
>> 25 hi ModeMsg ctermfg=yellow
>> 26 hi MoreMsg ctermfg=yellow
>> 27 hi NonText ctermfg=lightMagenta
>> 28 hi Normal ctermfg=white ctermbg=black
>> 29 hi Search ctermfg=white ctermbg=red
>> 30 hi StatusLine cterm=bold ctermfg=white ctermbg=LightGreen
>> 31 hi StatusLineNC ctermfg=black ctermbg=blue
>> 32 hi Todo ctermfg=black ctermbg=darkYellow
>> 33 hi Underlined ctermfg=cyan cterm=underline
>> 34 hi VertSplit ctermfg=blue ctermbg=blue
>> 35 hi Visual ctermfg=black ctermbg=darkCyan term=reverse
>> 36 hi WarningMsg ctermfg=cyan
>> 37 hi cIf0 ctermfg=gray
>> 38 hi comment ctermfg=Magenta
>> 39 hi constant ctermfg=cyan
>> 40 hi identifier ctermfg=red
>> 41 hi label ctermfg=yellow
>> 42 hi operator ctermfg=lightGreen
>> 43 hi preproc term=underline ctermfg=LightBlue
>> 44 hi Special ctermfg=lightMagenta ctermbg=DarkGreen
>> 45
>> 46 hi statement ctermfg=green
>> 47 hi title cterm=bold
>> 48 hi type ctermfg=lightRed ctermbg=None
>>
>> I'd really appreciate help with this.
>>
>
> The place for a ":syn match" command is not in a colorscheme (which is only sourced once, when the ":colorscheme" command is issued, and maybe again if you set ":syntax on" after using "syntax off"), but in a syntax script (which is sourced every time a file of the concerned filetype is opened). If you want to apply that Braces synmatch to all files, then you might add to your vimrc the following (untested)
>
> if has('autocmd') && has('syntax')
> au VimEnter * au Syntax * syn match Braces display '[]{}()[]'
> endif
>
> while keeping the Braces highlight command in your colorscheme. Otherwise that :syn match command should go (I think) in ~/vimfiles/after/syntax/whatever.vim (on Windows), or ~/.vim/after/syntax/whatever.vim (on Unix), replacing "whatever" by the syntax type (which is usually the filetype).
>
>
> Best regards,
> Tony.
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