Re: Fwd: Bison and Flex syntax highlighting

Panayiotis Karabassis wrote:
> As suggested I forward this email here.
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Bison and Flex syntax highlighting
> Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2012 23:20:45 +0300
> From: Panayiotis Karabassis <panayk@gmail.com>
> To: bugs@vim.org
>
>
>
> Hi! This is a feature request.
>
> Currently Vim only supports Yacc and Lex source files and displays Bison
> and Flex files incorrectly.
>
> Can we get support for these languages? I am willing to contribute the
> code for this, and have started making changes to the yacc.vim file, but
> there's not much point in continuing, if the changes won't be accepted.
> Also, to that end, I'd like to know if there are any particular rules I
> should follow while making the modifications (should I even be modifying
> yacc.vim or start anew?) and any sources of documentation/reference
> about Vim syntax files?
>
> Congratulations on one of the the best editors ever made!
>
If you wish to make modifications yourself, that's fine -- please send
them to me. Plus, send examples of the yacc/lex code that you're affecting.
I'd prefer it if you made your modifications against the latest yacc.vim
and lex.vim, which are on my website under

http://www.drchip.org/astronaut/vim/index.html#vimlinks_syntax

Regards,
Chip Campbell

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