Re: question on VIM syntax: highlight an entire paragraph

2016-04-17 2:05 GMT+03:00 Jose Caballero <jcaballero.hep@gmail.com>:
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> Is it possible to highlight an entire paragraph based on a single line
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> I would be interested in changing the color of an entire block of
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> configuration lines if one of those lines in the block is "enabled =
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> False", for example.
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> I am so new to this (*) that I am not even sure what would be the key
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> words to search for it on google.... So any tip or advice is more than
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> What is a "paragraph"? Also what exactly you mean by "highlight",
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> Fair questions, I guess. I will try to be more clear.
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> I would like to have a VIM syntax file that changes the color or entire
> paragraphs (a set of lines between two blank lines) if one of the lines in
> the paragraph matches pattern
> "enabled = False".

This is going to be slow:

" Need average length of such enabled section in place of 50
syntax sync minlines=50
syntax match PreProc /\%(\%^\|^$\n\)\@2<=\%(.\+\n\)*enabled =
False\n\%(.\+\%(\n\|\%$\)\)*\%(\n\|\%$\)\@1=/

Since syntax is highlighted from top to bottom I do not know any other
way. Would suggest using `:syntax region` if `enabled = False` was
always at the top.

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> I hope now I explained myself better.
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> Jose
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