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diff --git a/runtime/doc/syntax.txt b/runtime/doc/syntax.txt index d49809599d..319a715e40 100644 --- a/runtime/doc/syntax.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/syntax.txt @@ -920,12 +920,16 @@ in .../after/syntax/baan.vim (see |after-directory|). Eg: > BASIC *basic.vim* *vb.vim* *ft-basic-syntax* *ft-vb-syntax* -Both Visual Basic and "normal" basic use the extension ".bas". To detect +Both Visual Basic and "normal" BASIC use the extension ".bas". To detect which one should be used, Vim checks for the string "VB_Name" in the first five lines of the file. If it is not found, filetype will be "basic", otherwise "vb". Files with the ".frm" extension will always be seen as Visual Basic. +If the automatic detection doesn't work for you or you only edit, for +example, FreeBASIC files, use this in your startup vimrc: > + :let filetype_bas = "freebasic" + C *c.vim* *ft-c-syntax* @@ -1406,7 +1410,7 @@ add the following line to your startup file: > :let g:filetype_euphoria = "euphoria4" -Elixir and Euphoria share the *.ex file extension. If the filetype is +Elixir and Euphoria share the *.ex file extension. If the filetype is specifically set as Euphoria with the g:filetype_euphoria variable, or the file is determined to be Euphoria based on keywords in the file, then the filetype will be set as Euphoria. Otherwise, the filetype will default to @@ -1437,7 +1441,7 @@ The following file extensions are auto-detected as Elixir file types: *.ex, *.exs, *.eex, *.leex, *.lock -Elixir and Euphoria share the *.ex file extension. If the filetype is +Elixir and Euphoria share the *.ex file extension. If the filetype is specifically set as Euphoria with the g:filetype_euphoria variable, or the file is determined to be Euphoria based on keywords in the file, then the filetype will be set as Euphoria. Otherwise, the filetype will default to @@ -4455,7 +4459,7 @@ it marks the "\(\I\i*\)" sub-expression as external; in the end pattern, it changes the \z1 back-reference into an external reference referring to the first external sub-expression in the start pattern. External references can also be used in skip patterns: > - :syn region foo start="start \(\I\i*\)" skip="not end \z1" end="end \z1" + :syn region foo start="start \z(\I\i*\)" skip="not end \z1" end="end \z1" Note that normal and external sub-expressions are completely orthogonal and indexed separately; for instance, if the pattern "\z(..\)\(..\)" is applied @@ -5402,7 +5406,7 @@ To test your color setup, a file has been included in the Vim distribution. To use it, execute this command: > :runtime syntax/colortest.vim -Nvim uses 256-color and |true-color| terminal capabilities whereever possible. +Nvim uses 256-color and |true-color| terminal capabilities wherever possible. ============================================================================== 18. When syntax is slow *:syntime* |