Re: Syntax - Highlight TODO w/ Matchgroup

I'd like to bump the issue below, to see if anyone has suggestions.

On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 6:59 PM, Nathan Neff <nathan.neff@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm trying to highlight "org-mode" files similar to what's shown here:
> http://orgmode.org/img/tasks.png
>
> I found a good start by using "outline.vim" from vim.org.
>
> Now, I'm having problems highlighting the TODO keyword
> in a different color than the color of the header.
>
> Example:
>
> * TODO Something
>
> The TODO above should be higlighted differently than the other items
> in that line.
>
> Here's what I have so far:
> --------------------
> syn region Outline_1 matchgroup=Outline_1_match contains=Todo transparent
>            \ start='^\*.*'
>            \ end='\n\ze\n\?\*[^*]\|^<$'
>            \ fold keepend
>
> syn keyword Todo TODO contained
>
> hi! default link Outline_1_match Comment
> hi! default link Outline_1 Text
> ---------------------
> I need "matchgroup"since I want to highlight the top TODO
> line, but nothing else in that paragraph.
>
> Also, the folding works great.
>
> I think that the "transparent" option is really close to what I want,
> because the documentation says
>
> :h syn-matchgroup
>
>        In a start or end pattern that is highlighted with "matchgroup" the
>        contained items of the region are not used.  This can be used to avoid
>        that a contained item matches in the start or end pattern match.  When
>        using "transparent", this does not apply to a start or end pattern
>        match that is highlighted with "matchgroup".
>
> However, no matter what I've tried, the * TODO Something is always shown
> with just the Comment syntax.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
> --Nate
>

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