Re: Syntax highlighting on fold-line

On Monday, May 21, 2012 8:37:09 AM UTC-5, Richard Michael wrote:
> By default, mvim uses blue/grey highlighting on a closed fold. I would like to configure the 'fold-text' on a closed fold to instead be the syntax highlighted text.
>
> I thought I could turn off the colour highlighting and write a vim function to return a syntax highlighted line, then call it from 'fold-text'. But, I'm not sure how to proceed with the syntax highlighting function.
>
>
> :set fold-text=SyntaxHighlightFoldText()
> :function SyntaxHighlightFoldText()
> : let line = some_syntax_format_function(getline(v:foldstart))
> : return line
>
>
> Syntax help discusses a few fold-specific settings. Are there provided vim functions to highlight content? I wonder if a "region" is helpful? Any guidance or opinions would be appreciated.
>
> Thank you,
> Richard

Sorry, folded lines can't be syntax highlighted currently.

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