Re: To all syntax file maintainers: examples needed

On Saturday, May 11, 2013 6:00:11 PM UTC+2, Bram Moolenaar wrote:
> The plan is to include a new regexp engine in Vim 7.4. For testing
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> I would like to get a lot of files for which we have syntax
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> highlighting. I can then compare the highlighting of these files with
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> the old and the new engine to find anything that is not compatible.
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> Please send me a file that exercises most regexp patterns in the syntax
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> file. It doesn't need to be long, but it should be a complex example of
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> the language. Send it as an attachment to avoid the white space being
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> messed up by the mail system.
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> I would prefer one file per syntax, but it must be valid syntax. If one
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> file is problematic (e.g., you can't concatenate small files without
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> making it invalid), then a few files would be OK. A rough goal would be
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> 1000 lines.
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> At some later point we might also want to do performance measurements.
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> Although I already have a few "bad" examples for that.
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> IMPORTANT: I will distribute the collection of files, so that others can
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> reproduce problems, do performance measurements, etc. Make sure your
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> file has a copyright that permits this. Don't reveal any secrets,
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> patents, trademarks, etc. A line stating that the Vim license applies
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> should be sufficient.
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Here's a post I made on the general mailing list:

https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/vim_use/QU7mW9RWnLc

If you comment out the set regexpengine statement, it breaks the folding entirely.

-Rob

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