Add EndOfBuffer hl group for ~ lines after the last line in buffers

This makes it possible to highlight the lines starting with ~ at the end
of buffers and other elements highlighted using NonText.

As proposed by mhinz at
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/vim_dev/p3de1iU1GXI/discussion

3 files changed, 20 insertions, 17 deletions

diff --git a/runtime/doc/options.txt b/runtime/doc/options.txt
index 6c14d8e8fd..f781492df8 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/options.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/options.txt
@@ -3784,17 +3784,16 @@ A jump table for the options with a short description can be found at |Q_op|.
 
 						*'highlight'* *'hl'*
 'highlight' 'hl'	string	(default (as a single string):
-				     "8:SpecialKey,@:NonText,d:Directory,
-				     e:ErrorMsg,i:IncSearch,l:Search,m:MoreMsg,
-				     M:ModeMsg,n:LineNr,N:CursorLineNr,
-				     r:Question,s:StatusLine,S:StatusLineNC,
-				     c:VertSplit, t:Title,v:Visual,
-				     w:WarningMsg,W:WildMenu,
-				     f:Folded,F:FoldColumn,A:DiffAdd,
-				     C:DiffChange,D:DiffDelete,T:DiffText,
-				     >:SignColumn,B:SpellBad,P:SpellCap,
-				     R:SpellRare,L:SpellLocal,-:Conceal,
-				     +:Pmenu,=:PmenuSel,
+				     "8:SpecialKey,~:EndOfBuffer,@:NonText,i
+				     d:Directory,e:ErrorMsg,i:IncSearch,
+				     l:Search,m:MoreMsg,M:ModeMsg,n:LineNr,
+				     N:CursorLineNr,r:Question,s:StatusLine,
+				     S:StatusLineNC,c:VertSplit,t:Title,
+				     v:Visual,w:WarningMsg,W:WildMenu,f:Folded,
+				     F:FoldColumn,A:DiffAdd,C:DiffChange,
+				     D:DiffDelete,T:DiffText,>:SignColumn,
+				     B:SpellBad,P:SpellCap,R:SpellRare,
+				     L:SpellLocal,-:Conceal,+:Pmenu,=:PmenuSel,
 				     x:PmenuSbar,X:PmenuThumb")
 			global
 			{not in Vi}
@@ -3803,7 +3802,8 @@ A jump table for the options with a short description can be found at |Q_op|.
 	first character in a pair gives the occasion, the second the mode to
 	use for that occasion.  The occasions are:
 	|hl-SpecialKey|	 8  Meta and special keys listed with ":map"
-	|hl-NonText|	 @  '~' and '@' at the end of the window and
+	|hl-EndOfBuffer|      ~ lines after the last line in the buffer
+	|hl-NonText|	 @  '@' at the end of the window and
 			    characters from 'showbreak'
 	|hl-Directory|	 d  directories in CTRL-D listing and other special
 			    things in listings
diff --git a/runtime/doc/syntax.txt b/runtime/doc/syntax.txt
index 1841f83214..c1f7e06f0e 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/syntax.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/syntax.txt
@@ -4761,6 +4761,9 @@ DiffChange	diff mode: Changed line |diff.txt|
 DiffDelete	diff mode: Deleted line |diff.txt|
 							*hl-DiffText*
 DiffText	diff mode: Changed text within a changed line |diff.txt|
+							*hl-EndOfBuffer*
+EndOfBuffer	filler lines (~) after the end of the buffer.
+		By default, this is highlighted like |hl-NonText|.
 							*hl-ErrorMsg*
 ErrorMsg	error messages on the command line
 							*hl-VertSplit*
@@ -4789,10 +4792,10 @@ ModeMsg		'showmode' message (e.g., "-- INSERT --")
 							*hl-MoreMsg*
 MoreMsg		|more-prompt|
 							*hl-NonText*
-NonText		'~' and '@' at the end of the window, characters from
-		'showbreak' and other characters that do not really exist in
-		the text (e.g., ">" displayed when a double-wide character
-		doesn't fit at the end of the line).
+NonText		'@' at the end of the window, characters from 'showbreak' 
+		and other characters that do not really exist in the text 
+		(e.g., ">" displayed when a double-wide character doesn't 
+		fit at the end of the line). See also |hl-EndOfBuffer|.
 							*hl-Normal*
 Normal		normal text
 							*hl-Pmenu*
diff --git a/runtime/syntax/vim.vim b/runtime/syntax/vim.vim
index 47d74090d1..791d5b0f89 100644
--- a/runtime/syntax/vim.vim
+++ b/runtime/syntax/vim.vim
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ syn keyword vimAutoEvent contained	BufAdd BufCreate BufDelete BufEnter BufFilePo
 syn keyword vimGroup contained	Comment Constant String Character Number Boolean Float Identifier Function Statement Conditional Repeat Label Operator Keyword Exception PreProc Include Define Macro PreCondit Type StorageClass Structure Typedef Special SpecialChar Tag Delimiter SpecialComment Debug Underlined Ignore Error Todo 
 
 " Default highlighting groups {{{2
-syn keyword vimHLGroup contained	ColorColumn Cursor CursorColumn CursorIM CursorLine CursorLineNr DiffAdd DiffChange DiffDelete DiffText Directory ErrorMsg FoldColumn Folded IncSearch LineNr MatchParen Menu ModeMsg MoreMsg NonText Normal Pmenu PmenuSbar PmenuSel PmenuThumb Question Scrollbar Search SignColumn SpecialKey SpellBad SpellCap SpellLocal SpellRare StatusLine StatusLineNC TabLine TabLineFill TabLineSel Title Tooltip VertSplit Visual VisualNOS WarningMsg WildMenu 
+syn keyword vimHLGroup contained	ColorColumn Cursor CursorColumn CursorIM CursorLine CursorLineNr DiffAdd DiffChange DiffDelete DiffText Directory EndOfBuffer ErrorMsg FoldColumn Folded IncSearch LineNr MatchParen Menu ModeMsg MoreMsg NonText Normal Pmenu PmenuSbar PmenuSel PmenuThumb Question Scrollbar Search SignColumn SpecialKey SpellBad SpellCap SpellLocal SpellRare StatusLine StatusLineNC TabLine TabLineFill TabLineSel Title Tooltip VertSplit Visual VisualNOS WarningMsg WildMenu 
 syn match vimHLGroup contained	"Conceal"
 syn case match