path: root/runtime/syntax/8th.vim

" Vim syntax file
" Language:     8th
" Version:      26.02
" Last Change:  2026 Jan 28
" Maintainer:   Ron Aaron <ron@aaron-tech.com>
" URL:          https://8th-dev.com/
" Filetypes:    *.8th
" NOTE:         You should also have the ftplugin/8th.vim file to set 'isk'

if exists("b:current_syntax")
   finish
endif

let s:cpo_save = &cpo
set cpo&vim
syn clear

syn sync ccomment 
syn sync maxlines=200

syn case match
syn iskeyword 33-255

syn match eighthColonName "\S\+" contained
syn match eighthColonDef ":\s\+\S\+" contains=eighthColonName

" new words
syn match eighthClasses "\<\S\+:" contained
syn match eighthClassWord "\<\S\+:.\+" contains=eighthClasses

syn keyword eighthEndOfColonDef ; i;
syn keyword eighthDefine var var,

" Built in words:
com! -nargs=+ Builtin syn keyword eighthBuiltin <args>


Builtin  gen-secret 2fa:gen-secret gen-url 2fa:gen-url validate-code 2fa:validate-code cb AWS:cb cli AWS:cli
Builtin  cmd AWS:cmd cp AWS:cp rc AWS:rc LIBS DBUS:LIBS call DBUS:call init DBUS:init + DOM:+ - DOM:-
Builtin  attr! DOM:attr! attr@ DOM:attr@ attrs DOM:attrs children DOM:children css-parse DOM:css-parse
Builtin  each DOM:each find DOM:find new DOM:new type DOM:type ! G:! !if G:!if #! G:#! ## G:## #if G:#if
Builtin  #ifdef G:#ifdef #ifeval G:#ifeval ' G:' ( G:( (:) G:(:) (code) G:(code) (defer) G:(defer) (dump) G:(dump)
Builtin  (getc) G:(getc) (gets) G:(gets) (interp) G:(interp) (log) G:(log) (needs) G:(needs) (parseln) G:(parseln)
Builtin  (putc) G:(putc) (puts) G:(puts) (stat) G:(stat) (with) G:(with) ) G:) +hook G:+hook +ref G:+ref
Builtin  ,# G:,# -----BEGIN G:-----BEGIN -Inf G:-Inf -Inf? G:-Inf? -hook G:-hook -ref G:-ref -rot G:-rot
Builtin  . G:. .# G:.# .hook G:.hook .needs G:.needs .r G:.r .s G:.s .s-truncate G:.s-truncate .stats G:.stats
Builtin  .ver G:.ver .with G:.with 0; G:0; 2dip G:2dip 2drop G:2drop 2dup G:2dup 2nip G:2nip 2over G:2over
Builtin  2swap G:2swap 2tuck G:2tuck 3drop G:3drop 3dup G:3dup 3rev G:3rev 4drop G:4drop 8thdt? G:8thdt?
Builtin  8thsku? G:8thsku? 8thver? G:8thver? 8thvernum? G:8thvernum? : G:: ; G:; ;; G:;; ;;; G:;;; ;with G:;with
Builtin  >clip G:>clip >clip-mime G:>clip-mime >json G:>json >kind G:>kind >n G:>n >r G:>r >s G:>s ?: G:?:
Builtin  ?@ G:?@ @ G:@ BITMAP: G:BITMAP: ENUM: G:ENUM: FLAG: G:FLAG: I G:I Inf G:Inf Inf? G:Inf? J G:J
Builtin  K G:K NaN G:NaN NaN? G:NaN? SED-CHECK G:SED-CHECK SED: G:SED: SED: G:SED: X G:X \ G:\ _dup G:_dup
Builtin  _swap G:_swap actor: G:actor: again G:again ahead G:ahead all-words G:all-words and G:and apropos G:apropos
Builtin  argc G:argc args G:args array? G:array? assert G:assert base G:base base>n G:base>n bi G:bi
Builtin  bits G:bits break G:break break? G:break? breakif G:breakif build? G:build? buildver? G:buildver?
Builtin  bye G:bye c/does G:c/does case: G:case: catch G:catch chdir G:chdir clip-mime-types G:clip-mime-types
Builtin  clip-mime> G:clip-mime> clip-mime? G:clip-mime? clip> G:clip> clone G:clone clone-shallow G:clone-shallow
Builtin  cold G:cold compile G:compile compile? G:compile? compiling? G:compiling? conflict G:conflict
Builtin  const G:const container? G:container? counting-allocations G:counting-allocations cr G:cr critical: G:critical:
Builtin  critical; G:critical; curlang G:curlang curry G:curry curry: G:curry: decimal G:decimal default: G:default:
Builtin  defer: G:defer: deferred: G:deferred: deg>rad G:deg>rad depth G:depth die G:die dip G:dip drop G:drop
Builtin  dstack G:dstack dump G:dump dup G:dup dup>r G:dup>r dup? G:dup? e# G:e# enum: G:enum: error? G:error?
Builtin  eval G:eval eval! G:eval! eval0 G:eval0 exit G:exit expect G:expect extra! G:extra! extra@ G:extra@
Builtin  false G:false fnv G:fnv fourth G:fourth free G:free func: G:func: getc G:getc getcwd G:getcwd
Builtin  getenv G:getenv gets G:gets goto G:goto handler G:handler header G:header help G:help help_db G:help_db
Builtin  here G:here hex G:hex i: G:i: i; G:i; immutable G:immutable isa? G:isa? items-used G:items-used
Builtin  jcall G:jcall jclass G:jclass jmethod G:jmethod json! G:json! json-8th> G:json-8th> json-nesting G:json-nesting
Builtin  json-pretty G:json-pretty json-throw G:json-throw json> G:json> json@ G:json@ k32 G:k32 keep G:keep
Builtin  l: G:l: last G:last lib G:lib libbin G:libbin libc G:libc libimg G:libimg literal G:literal
Builtin  locals: G:locals: lock G:lock lock-to G:lock-to locked? G:locked? log G:log logl G:logl long-days G:long-days
Builtin  long-months G:long-months longjmp G:longjmp lookup G:lookup loop G:loop loop- G:loop- map? G:map?
Builtin  mark G:mark mark? G:mark? mobile? G:mobile? n# G:n# name>os G:name>os name>sem G:name>sem ndrop G:ndrop
Builtin  needs G:needs needs-throws G:needs-throws new G:new next-arg G:next-arg next-num-var G:next-num-var
Builtin  next-var G:next-var nip G:nip noop G:noop not G:not nothrow G:nothrow ns G:ns ns: G:ns: ns>ls G:ns>ls
Builtin  ns>s G:ns>s ns? G:ns? null G:null null; G:null; null? G:null? nullvar G:nullvar number? G:number?
Builtin  of: G:of: off G:off on G:on onexit G:onexit only G:only op! G:op! or G:or os G:os os-names G:os-names
Builtin  os>long-name G:os>long-name os>name G:os>name over G:over p: G:p: pack G:pack parse G:parse
Builtin  parse-csv G:parse-csv parse-date G:parse-date parsech G:parsech parseln G:parseln parsews G:parsews
Builtin  pick G:pick poke G:poke pool-clear G:pool-clear pool-clear-all G:pool-clear-all prior G:prior
Builtin  private G:private process-args G:process-args process-args-fancy G:process-args-fancy process-args-help G:process-args-help
Builtin  prompt G:prompt public G:public putc G:putc puts G:puts quote G:quote r! G:r! r> G:r> r@ G:r@
Builtin  rad>deg G:rad>deg rand-float G:rand-float rand-float-signed G:rand-float-signed rand-jit G:rand-jit
Builtin  rand-jsf G:rand-jsf rand-native G:rand-native rand-normal G:rand-normal rand-pcg G:rand-pcg
Builtin  rand-pcg-seed G:rand-pcg-seed rand-range G:rand-range rand-select G:rand-select randbuf-pcg G:randbuf-pcg
Builtin  random G:random rdrop G:rdrop recurse G:recurse recurse-stack G:recurse-stack ref@ G:ref@ reg! G:reg!
Builtin  reg@ G:reg@ regbin@ G:regbin@ remaining-args G:remaining-args repeat G:repeat requires G:requires
Builtin  reset G:reset roll G:roll rop! G:rop! rot G:rot rpick G:rpick rreset G:rreset rroll G:rroll
Builtin  rstack G:rstack rswap G:rswap rusage G:rusage s>ns G:s>ns same? G:same? scriptdir G:scriptdir
Builtin  scriptfile G:scriptfile sem G:sem sem-post G:sem-post sem-rm G:sem-rm sem-wait G:sem-wait sem-wait? G:sem-wait?
Builtin  sem>name G:sem>name semi-throw G:semi-throw set-wipe G:set-wipe setenv G:setenv setjmp G:setjmp
Builtin  settings! G:settings! settings![] G:settings![] settings-clear G:settings-clear settings-db-name G:settings-db-name
Builtin  settings-gather G:settings-gather settings-load G:settings-load settings-save G:settings-save
Builtin  settings-save-these G:settings-save-these settings-ungather G:settings-ungather settings@ G:settings@
Builtin  settings@? G:settings@? settings@[] G:settings@[] sh G:sh sh! G:sh! sh!to G:sh!to sh$ G:sh$
Builtin  short-days G:short-days short-months G:short-months sleep G:sleep sleep-msec G:sleep-msec sleep-nsec G:sleep-nsec
Builtin  sleep-until G:sleep-until slog G:slog space G:space stack-check G:stack-check stack-size G:stack-size
Builtin  step G:step sthrow G:sthrow string? G:string? struct: G:struct: swap G:swap tab-hook G:tab-hook
Builtin  tell-conflict G:tell-conflict tempdir G:tempdir tempfilename G:tempfilename third G:third throw G:throw
Builtin  thrownull G:thrownull times G:times toggle G:toggle tri G:tri true G:true tuck G:tuck type-check G:type-check
Builtin  typeassert G:typeassert uid G:uid uname G:uname unlock G:unlock unpack G:unpack until G:until
Builtin  until! G:until! while G:while while! G:while! with: G:with: word? G:word? words G:words words-like G:words-like
Builtin  words/ G:words/ xchg G:xchg xor G:xor >auth HTTP:>auth (curry) I:(curry) appopts I:appopts
Builtin  notimpl I:notimpl sh I:sh call JSONRPC:call auth-string OAuth:auth-string gen-nonce OAuth:gen-nonce
Builtin  params OAuth:params call SOAP:call ! a:! + a:+ - a:- / a:/ 2each a:2each 2len a:2len 2map a:2map
Builtin  2map+ a:2map+ 2map= a:2map= <> a:<> = a:= @ a:@ @? a:@? _@ a:_@ _len a:_len _push a:_push all a:all
Builtin  any a:any bsearch a:bsearch centroid a:centroid clear a:clear close a:close cmp a:cmp diff a:diff
Builtin  dot a:dot each a:each each! a:each! each-par a:each-par each-slice a:each-slice exists? a:exists?
Builtin  filter a:filter filter-par a:filter-par generate a:generate group a:group indexof a:indexof
Builtin  insert a:insert intersect a:intersect join a:join len a:len map a:map map+ a:map+ map-par a:map-par
Builtin  map= a:map= maxlen a:maxlen mean a:mean mean&variance a:mean&variance merge a:merge new a:new
Builtin  op! a:op! open a:open pigeon a:pigeon pivot a:pivot pop a:pop push a:push push-n a:push-n qsort a:qsort
Builtin  randeach a:randeach reduce a:reduce reduce+ a:reduce+ remove a:remove rev a:rev rindexof a:rindexof
Builtin  search a:search shift a:shift shuffle a:shuffle slice a:slice slice+ a:slice+ slide a:slide
Builtin  smear a:smear sort a:sort split a:split squash a:squash union a:union uniq a:uniq unzip a:unzip
Builtin  when-n a:when-n x a:x x-each a:x-each xchg a:xchg y a:y zip a:zip 8thdir app:8thdir asset app:asset
Builtin  atrun app:atrun atrun app:atrun atrun app:atrun basedir app:basedir basename app:basename config-file-name app:config-file-name
Builtin  current app:current datadir app:datadir display-moved app:display-moved exename app:exename
Builtin  localechanged app:localechanged lowmem app:lowmem main app:main meta! app:meta! meta@ app:meta@
Builtin  name app:name onback app:onback oncrash app:oncrash opts! app:opts! opts@ app:opts@ orientation app:orientation
Builtin  orientation! app:orientation! pid app:pid post-main app:post-main pre-main app:pre-main privdir app:privdir
Builtin  quiet? app:quiet? raise app:raise read-config app:read-config read-config-map app:read-config-map
Builtin  read-config-var app:read-config-var read-config-vars app:read-config-vars request-perm app:request-perm
Builtin  restart app:restart resumed app:resumed save-config-vars app:save-config-vars signal app:signal
Builtin  standalone app:standalone standalone! app:standalone! subdir app:subdir suspended app:suspended
Builtin  sysquit app:sysquit terminated app:terminated theme? app:theme? themechanged app:themechanged
Builtin  ticks app:ticks timeout app:timeout trap app:trap dawn astro:dawn do-dawn astro:do-dawn do-dusk astro:do-dusk
Builtin  do-rise astro:do-rise dst! astro:dst! dusk astro:dusk latitude astro:latitude location! astro:location!
Builtin  longitude astro:longitude sunrise astro:sunrise genkeys auth:genkeys secret auth:secret session-id auth:session-id
Builtin  session-key auth:session-key validate auth:validate ! b:! + b:+ / b:/ 1+ b:1+ 1- b:1- <> b:<>
Builtin  = b:= >base16 b:>base16 >base32 b:>base32 >base64 b:>base64 >base85 b:>base85 >hex b:>hex >mpack b:>mpack
Builtin  @ b:@ ICONVLIBS b:ICONVLIBS append b:append base16> b:base16> base32> b:base32> base64> b:base64>
Builtin  base85> b:base85> bit! b:bit! bit@ b:bit@ clear b:clear compress b:compress conv b:conv each b:each
Builtin  each! b:each! each-slice b:each-slice expand b:expand fill b:fill getb b:getb hex> b:hex> len b:len
Builtin  mem> b