Re: Txtfmt-plugin and txtfmtBgColor

Michael Maurer wrote:
> The following concerns the Txtfmt (The Vim Highlighter)-plugin by
> Brett Stahlmann. I hope this is not too specific for this list.
> I'm using Txtfmt with GVim under Windows XP SP3. After enabling all
> background colors via
>
> let b:txtfmt_cfg_bgcolormask=11111111

Michael,
b:txtfmt_cfg_bgcolormask is the internal variable used by the plugin;
setting it won't have any effect. (If you set it before the plugin
loads, it will be overwritten; if you set it afterward, it won't be able
to affect the syntax regions responsible for highlighting, which have
already been defined.) The option variable you should set is
g:txtfmtBgcolormask.

:help txtfmtBgcolormask

Note that this variable *must* be set *before* the plugin is loaded so
that it can affect the syntax regions created. If you're setting the
option globally, you probably want to put it in your .vimrc.
Alternatively, you could set it in an autocommand, or even in a "Txtfmt
modeline" within the file itself. Note that if you use a modeline, the
variable name is bgcolormask or bcm. E.g.,

vim:ft=txtfmt
txtfmt:bcm=01101010

:help txtfmt-modeline

You can easily see which colors are active in a Txtfmt buffer (i.e.,
which ones are defined by the syntax) by running...

:ShowTokenMap<CR>

Of course, this command is available only in a Txtfmt buffer. In theory,
it could actually yield different results in different Txtfmt buffers,
since option variables like txtfmtBgcolormask can be set either globally
(g:) or buffer-locally (b:), but I'm guessing that most users override
the color masks globally...

One final note: for performance reasons, I would recommend activating
only the colors you plan to use. If you decide later that you want more,
you can always activate them at that time without adversely affecting an
existing file. As explained in the help, the number of colors activated
has a significant impact on the number of syntax regions created, which
in turn impacts the speed of syntax highlighting redraw...

:help txtfmt-performance-considerations

Let me know if this fixes the problem for you...

Thanks,
Brett Stahlman

>
> I try to hightlight a sentence as yellow. To do this, I press \i
> followed by ky. But instead of a yellow bgColor, I get this symbol:
>
> Ě
>
> Blue and green on the other hand work just fine.
>
> Cheers,
> Michael
>
>

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