Re: "hi netrwCopyTgt" doesn't bold netrw's target directory for copy

On 31/03/13 09:16, AndyHancock wrote:
> On Mar 30, 7:20 pm, Charles E Campbell wrote:
>> AndyHancock wrote:
>>> I am trying to get my netrw marked files to show up as yellow, and
>>> the target directory for copying marked files to show up as bolded
>>> cyan. In my vimrc, I have:
>>>
>>> syntax on
>>> color mine
>>>
>>> I deliberately stuck "syntax on" as a precaution because the
>>> highlight groups netrwMarkFile and netrwCopyTgt don't exist without
>>> "syntax on". Without it, the "color mine" seems to have no effect
>>> in netrw.
>>> [snip]
>>> The Cyan for Directory works. The yellow for netrwMarkFile works.
>>> But the netrwCopyTgt doesn't work (neither bold nor yellow)
>>
>> The netrwCopyTgt syntax is transparent. You need to get rid of that
>> modifier. So, put in your .vim/after/syntax/netrw.vim file:
>>
>> syn clear netrwCopyTgt
>> syn match netrwCopyTgt "Copy/Move Tgt:" contained skipwhite
>> nextgroup=netrwList
>> hi link netrwCopyTgt Unique
>>
>> where Unique is whatever color you want (or, instead of hi link ...,
>> use hi and fg= bg= etc specifications).
>
> Hi Charles,
>
> I put the lines into cygwin's /usr/share/vim/vimfiles/after/syntax/
> netrw.vim. In place of "hi link netrwCopyTgt Unique", I put
>
> hi netrwCopyTgt term=bold cterm=11 gui=bold guifg=yellow
>
> When I editted a directory path and netrw is invoked, I pressed "a" to
> cycle through the hiding list modes until nothing was hidden. I got
> the error:
>
> Error detected while processing
> /usr/share/vim/vimfiles/after/syntax/netrw.vim:
> line 5:
> E492: Not an editor command: nextgroup=netrwList
>
> I then commented that line out. The effect of netrw's "mt" was to
> highlight the words "Copy/Move Tgt:" in the header. The target file
> itself was not highlighted. Is that what the commented line should
> have done?
>

There was a spurious linebreak in the email. "nextgroup=netrwList"
should either have been at the end of the previous :syn match line, or
else have a backslash at the start to mark it as a continuation line.

Best regards,
Tony.
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