Re: How does vim determine the way the text is colored in the section of ":help group-name"?

On 2015-05-31, Peng Yu wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I see the following text in ":help group-name" colored. But when I
> checked the file syntax.txt, I didn't see anything special for
> indicating the colors. Could anybody let me know how vim determines
> the colors? Thanks.
>
> *Comment any comment
>
> *Constant any constant
[...]
> *Todo anything that needs extra attention; mostly the
> keywords TODO FIXME and XXX

The syntax highlighting of help files is controlled by the rules in
$VIMRUNTIME/syntax/help.vim. At line 95 (of version 2014 Feb 12) is
the comment

" Highlight group items in their own color.

followed by syn match rules with patterns that match the lines you
are asking about.

Regards,
Gary

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