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authorJustin M. Keyes <justinkz@gmail.com>2017-04-29 01:41:29 +0200
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@@ -2656,68 +2656,103 @@ your vimrc: *g:filetype_r*
RUBY *ruby.vim* *ft-ruby-syntax*
-There are a number of options to the Ruby syntax highlighting.
+ Ruby: Operator highlighting |ruby_operators|
+ Ruby: Whitespace errors |ruby_space_errors|
+ Ruby: Folding |ruby_fold| |ruby_foldable_groups|
+ Ruby: Reducing expensive operations |ruby_no_expensive| |ruby_minlines|
+ Ruby: Spellchecking strings |ruby_spellcheck_strings|
-By default, the "end" keyword is colorized according to the opening statement
-of the block it closes. While useful, this feature can be expensive; if you
-experience slow redrawing (or you are on a terminal with poor color support)
-you may want to turn it off by defining the "ruby_no_expensive" variable: >
+ *ruby_operators*
+ Ruby: Operator highlighting ~
- :let ruby_no_expensive = 1
+Operators can be highlighted by defining "ruby_operators": >
+
+ :let ruby_operators = 1
<
-In this case the same color will be used for all control keywords.
+ *ruby_space_errors*
+ Ruby: Whitespace errors ~
-If you do want this feature enabled, but notice highlighting errors while
-scrolling backwards, which are fixed when redrawing with CTRL-L, try setting
-the "ruby_minlines" variable to a value larger than 50: >
+Whitespace errors can be highlighted by defining "ruby_space_errors": >
- :let ruby_minlines = 100
+ :let ruby_space_errors = 1
<
-Ideally, this value should be a number of lines large enough to embrace your
-largest class or module.
+This will highlight trailing whitespace and tabs preceded by a space character
+as errors. This can be refined by defining "ruby_no_trail_space_error" and
+"ruby_no_tab_space_error" which will ignore trailing whitespace and tabs after
+spaces respectively.
+
+ *ruby_fold* *ruby_foldable_groups*
+ Ruby: Folding ~
-Highlighting of special identifiers can be disabled by removing the
-rubyIdentifier highlighting: >
+Folding can be enabled by defining "ruby_fold": >
- :hi link rubyIdentifier NONE
+ :let ruby_fold = 1
<
-This will prevent highlighting of special identifiers like "ConstantName",
-"$global_var", "@@class_var", "@instance_var", "| block_param |", and
-":symbol".
+This will set the value of 'foldmethod' to "syntax" locally to the current
+buffer or window, which will enable syntax-based folding when editing Ruby
+filetypes.
-Significant methods of Kernel, Module and Object are highlighted by default.
-This can be disabled by defining "ruby_no_special_methods": >
+Default folding is rather detailed, i.e., small syntax units like "if", "do",
+"%w[]" may create corresponding fold levels.
- :let ruby_no_special_methods = 1
+You can set "ruby_foldable_groups" to restrict which groups are foldable: >
+
+ :let ruby_foldable_groups = 'if case %'
<
-This will prevent highlighting of important methods such as "require", "attr",
-"private", "raise" and "proc".
+The value is a space-separated list of keywords:
+
+ keyword meaning ~
+ -------- ------------------------------------- ~
+ ALL Most block syntax (default)
+ NONE Nothing
+ if "if" or "unless" block
+ def "def" block
+ class "class" block
+ module "module" block
+ do "do" block
+ begin "begin" block
+ case "case" block
+ for "for", "while", "until" loops
+ { Curly bracket block or hash literal
+ [ Array literal
+ % Literal with "%" notation, e.g.: %w(STRING), %!STRING!
+ / Regexp
+ string String and shell command output (surrounded by ', ", `)
+ : Symbol
+ # Multiline comment
+ << Here documents
+ __END__ Source code after "__END__" directive
+
+ *ruby_no_expensive*
+ Ruby: Reducing expensive operations ~
-Ruby operators can be highlighted. This is enabled by defining
-"ruby_operators": >
+By default, the "end" keyword is colorized according to the opening statement
+of the block it closes. While useful, this feature can be expensive; if you
+experience slow redrawing (or you are on a terminal with poor color support)
+you may want to turn it off by defining the "ruby_no_expensive" variable: >
- :let ruby_operators = 1
+ :let ruby_no_expensive = 1
<
-Whitespace errors can be highlighted by defining "ruby_space_errors": >
+In this case the same color will be used for all control keywords.
- :let ruby_space_errors = 1
-<
-This will highlight trailing whitespace and tabs preceded by a space character
-as errors. This can be refined by defining "ruby_no_trail_space_error" and
-"ruby_no_tab_space_error" which will ignore trailing whitespace and tabs after
-spaces respectively.
+ *ruby_minlines*
-Folding can be enabled by defining "ruby_fold": >
+If you do want this feature enabled, but notice highlighting errors while
+scrolling backwards, which are fixed when redrawing with CTRL-L, try setting
+the "ruby_minlines" variable to a value larger than 50: >
- :let ruby_fold = 1
+ :let ruby_minlines = 100
<
-This will set the 'foldmethod' option to "syntax" and allow folding of
-classes, modules, methods, code blocks, heredocs and comments.
+Ideally, this value should be a number of lines large enough to embrace your
+largest class or module.
-Folding of multiline comments can be disabled by defining
-"ruby_no_comment_fold": >
+ *ruby_spellcheck_strings*
+ Ruby: Spellchecking strings ~
- :let ruby_no_comment_fold = 1
+Ruby syntax will perform spellchecking of strings if you define
+"ruby_spellcheck_strings": >
+
+ :let ruby_spellcheck_strings = 1
<
SCHEME *scheme.vim* *ft-scheme-syntax*
@@ -2815,9 +2850,11 @@ vimrc file: >
(Adapted from the html.vim help text by Claudio Fleiner <claudio@fleiner.com>)
-SH *sh.vim* *ft-sh-syntax* *ft-bash-syntax* *ft-ksh-syntax*
+ *ft-posix-synax* *ft-dash-syntax*
+SH *sh.vim* *ft-sh-syntax* *ft-bash-syntax* *ft-ksh-syntax*
-This covers the "normal" Unix (Bourne) sh, bash and the Korn shell.
+This covers syntax highlighting for the older Unix (Bourne) sh, and newer
+shells such as bash, dash, posix, and the Korn shells.
Vim attempts to determine which shell type is in use by specifying that
various filenames are of specific types: >
@@ -2826,28 +2863,31 @@ various filenames are of specific types: >
bash: .bashrc* bashrc bash.bashrc .bash_profile* *.bash
<
If none of these cases pertain, then the first line of the file is examined
-(ex. /bin/sh /bin/ksh /bin/bash). If the first line specifies a shelltype,
-then that shelltype is used. However some files (ex. .profile) are known to
-be shell files but the type is not apparent. Furthermore, on many systems
-sh is symbolically linked to "bash" (Linux, Windows+cygwin) or "ksh" (Posix).
+(ex. looking for /bin/sh /bin/ksh /bin/bash). If the first line specifies a
+shelltype, then that shelltype is used. However some files (ex. .profile) are
+known to be shell files but the type is not apparent. Furthermore, on many
+systems sh is symbolically linked to "bash" (Linux, Windows+cygwin) or "ksh"
+(Posix).
-One may specify a global default by instantiating one of the following three
+One may specify a global default by instantiating one of the following
variables in your vimrc:
- ksh: >
+ ksh: >
let g:is_kornshell = 1
-< posix: (using this is the same as setting is_kornshell to 1) >
+< posix: (using this is the nearly the same as setting g:is_kornshell to 1) >
let g:is_posix = 1
< bash: >
let g:is_bash = 1
< sh: (default) Bourne shell >
let g:is_sh = 1
+< (dash users should use posix)
+
If there's no "#! ..." line, and the user hasn't availed himself/herself of a
default sh.vim syntax setting as just shown, then syntax/sh.vim will assume
the Bourne shell syntax. No need to quote RFCs or market penetration
statistics in error reports, please -- just select the default version of the
-sh your system uses in your vimrc.
+sh your system uses and install the associated "let..." in your <.vimrc>.
The syntax/sh.vim file provides several levels of syntax-based folding: >
@@ -2856,7 +2896,7 @@ The syntax/sh.vim file provides several levels of syntax-based folding: >
let g:sh_fold_enabled= 2 (enable heredoc folding)
let g:sh_fold_enabled= 4 (enable if/do/for folding)
>
-then various syntax items (HereDocuments and function bodies) become
+then various syntax items (ie. HereDocuments and function bodies) become
syntax-foldable (see |:syn-fold|). You also may add these together
to get multiple types of folding: >
@@ -2880,14 +2920,7 @@ reduce this, the "sh_maxlines" internal variable can be set. Example: >
The default is to use the twice sh_minlines. Set it to a smaller number to
speed up displaying. The disadvantage is that highlight errors may appear.
- *g:sh_isk* *g:sh_noisk*
-The shell languages appear to let "." be part of words, commands, etc;
-consequently it should be in the isk for sh.vim. As of v116 of syntax/sh.vim,
-syntax/sh.vim will append the "." to |'iskeyword'| by default; you may control
-this behavior with: >
- let g:sh_isk = '..whatever characters you want as part of iskeyword'
- let g:sh_noisk= 1 " otherwise, if this exists, the isk will NOT chg
-<
+
*sh-embed* *sh-awk*
Sh: EMBEDDING LANGUAGES~
@@ -3461,8 +3494,8 @@ SYNTAX ISKEYWORD SETTING *:syn-iskeyword*
and also determines where |:syn-keyword| will be checked for a new
match.
- It is recommended when writing syntax files, to use this command
- to the correct value for the specific syntax language and not change
+ It is recommended when writing syntax files, to use this command to
+ set the correct value for the specific syntax language and not change
the 'iskeyword' option.
DEFINING KEYWORDS *:syn-keyword*
@@ -3520,7 +3553,11 @@ DEFINING KEYWORDS *:syn-keyword*
DEFINING MATCHES *:syn-match*
-:sy[ntax] match {group-name} [{options}] [excludenl] {pattern} [{options}]
+:sy[ntax] match {group-name} [{options}]
+ [excludenl]
+ [keepend]
+ {pattern}
+ [{options}]
This defines one match.
@@ -3529,6 +3566,9 @@ DEFINING MATCHES *:syn-match*
[excludenl] Don't make a pattern with the end-of-line "$"
extend a containing match or region. Must be
given before the pattern. |:syn-excludenl|
+ keepend Don't allow contained matches to go past a
+ match with the end pattern. See
+ |:syn-keepend|.
{pattern} The search pattern that defines the match.
See |:syn-pattern| below.
Note that the pattern may match more than one