Re: dynamic syntax highlighting

On Wednesday, September 19, 2012 7:32:27 AM UTC-5, Miek Gieben wrote:
> Hello,
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> While typing some Go code, I had the following idea: dynamic syntax
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> highlighting.
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> I was typing:
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> type Boo struct {
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> // ...
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> }
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> Now, Vim could "know" Boo is a type and apply the syntax highlighting for Type
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> accordingly.
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> Is something like this even remotely possible with Vim? Can it be done with a
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> vimscript?
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I don't remember the plugin name, but I remember seeing a couple plugins which use ctags (like tagbar and taglist do) to build a list of tags to highlight in Vim syntax. Try looking for "ctags syntax vim" or similar:

https://www.google.com/search?q=ctags+syntax+vim

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