Re: Colors when editing emails

" Vim after syntax file
" Language: Mail file
" Maintainer: Gary Johnson <garyjohn AT spocom DOT com>
" Last Change: 2011-06-30 22:49:28

" Override the settings in syntax/mail.vim to color the quoted sections as
" they were colored by 'tin' or by 'mutt's pager, not as the e-mail being
" composed will appear when read later. I found this less confusing, even
" though both the reply text and the material being replied to have normal
" coloring.

" The default coloring of quote levels by syntax/mail.vim has a period of
" 2--colors alternate between Comment (blue) and Identifier (cyan). The
" coloring used by 'mutt' and 'tin' have a higher period--3, I think--which I
" like better and is used here.

if !exists("g:mail_syntax_type")
let g:mail_syntax_type = 2
endif

if g:mail_syntax_type == 0
" Use the default.

finish

elseif g:mail_syntax_type ==1
" Use my original modifications.

hi! link mailHeaderKey Statement
hi! link mailHeader Type
hi! link mailSubject Statement
hi! link mailEmail Statement
hi! link mailQuoted1 NONE
hi! link mailQuoted2 Type
hi! link mailQuoted3 Statement
hi! link mailQuoted4 Comment
hi! link mailQuoted5 mailQuoted2
hi! link mailQuoted6 mailQuoted3
hi! link mailSignature Comment

else
" Use the 'mutt' colors, but as the recipient will see my reply, not as I
" see the original. This is a compromise that keeps the color pallet of
" my original scheme but colors the text of the message to which I'm
" replying instead of keeping it normal.

hi! link mailHeaderKey Statement
hi! link mailHeader Type
hi! link mailSubject Statement
hi! link mailEmail Statement
hi! link mailQuoted1 Type
hi! link mailQuoted2 Statement
hi! link mailQuoted3 Comment
hi! link mailQuoted4 mailQuoted1
hi! link mailQuoted5 mailQuoted2
hi! link mailQuoted6 mailQuoted3
hi! link mailSignature Comment

endif
On 2012-01-22, Steve wrote:
> > :verbose set ft?
> >
> > report?
>
>
> Sorry, when replying :
>
> filetype=mail

I did some experimenting to try to find a simple configuration that
you could execute from within mutt that would demonstrate what Vim's
coloring _should_ look like, with the idea that that would be a
starting place from which we could determine the problem you're
having. I _think_ I see the problem.

In mutt, I executed this:

:set editor="vim -N -u NONE --cmd 'set rtp=/usr/local/share/vim/vim73' --cmd 'syntax on'"

where 'rtp' is being set to the value of $VIMRUNTIME on my system.
Then I replied to a message. I see odd quoting levels colored blue
and even quoting levels colored cyan. If I then execute

:set bg=dark

('bg' was originally "light"), I see all quoting levels colored
cyan. Executing

:hi

shows this (edited):

Comment xxx term=bold cterm=bold ctermfg=6 guifg=#80a0ff
...
Identifier xxx term=underline cterm=bold ctermfg=6 guifg=#40ffff
...
mailQuoted2 xxx links to Identifier
mailQuoted1 xxx links to Comment

So depending on the value of 'bg' ('background') on your system, and
your colorscheme, you may indeed see all quoting levels the same
color.

I also discovered that I had forgotten how much I had tweaked Vim's
syntax coloring for mail to make it more like mutt's. I've attached
my ~/.vim/after/systax/mail.vim file which you may want to try to
see if you like either of its two color schemes better than Vim's
default. This means I was wrong about Vim "just working" in this
regard and I should not have jumped so quickly to the conclusion
that there was something wrong with your setup.

Regards,
Gary

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