Looking for vim syntax expert

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Hi:

Sorry for posting off topic, but I have seen some posts
by some bright vim experts here and I was hoping for a
little help.

I need a syntax file for a simple data file that is of the form:

comments start with

begin_xyzsection
param = value
param = %keyword%
end_xyzsection

I would like comments color coded, begn/end color coded,
param and value color coded and %keyword% color coded.

Is this a trivial task? Or would it take me awhile to
create the syntax file?

···

–
Jim Freeze

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

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jim-

i made a little syntax file for my weekly reports at work, just for fun, at it
was pretty darn easy. i can send it to you if you like. if you fire up gvim
(or vim) and do a :help syntax, there is a section there describing
syntax-file setup. it was a bit tedious to wade through but, like i said,
easy to actually do.

-a

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On Wed, 23 Apr 2003, Jim Freeze wrote:

Hi:

Sorry for posting off topic, but I have seen some posts
by some bright vim experts here and I was hoping for a
little help.

I need a syntax file for a simple data file that is of the form:

comments start with

begin_xyzsection
param = value
param = %keyword%
end_xyzsection

I would like comments color coded, begn/end color coded,
param and value color coded and %keyword% color coded.

Is this a trivial task? Or would it take me awhile to
create the syntax file?

–
Jim Freeze

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

–

Ara Howard
NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory
Information and Technology Services
Data Systems Group
R/FST 325 Broadway
Boulder, CO 80305-3328
Email: ara.t.howard@fsl.noaa.gov
Phone: 303-497-7238
Fax: 303-497-7259
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jim-

i made a little syntax file for my weekly reports at work, just for fun, at it
was pretty darn easy. i can send it to you if you like. if you fire up gvim
(or vim) and do a :help syntax, there is a section there describing
syntax-file setup. it was a bit tedious to wade through but, like i said,
easy to actually do.

That’s what I suspected. I am greatly interested in your syntax
file. Please send it to me and I will use it as an example…
and wade through the help when I need to. :slight_smile:

Jim

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On Wednesday, 23 April 2003 at 8:57:09 +0900, ahoward wrote:

On Wed, 23 Apr 2003, Jim Freeze wrote:

-a

Hi:

Sorry for posting off topic, but I have seen some posts
by some bright vim experts here and I was hoping for a
little help.

I need a syntax file for a simple data file that is of the form:

comments start with

begin_xyzsection
param = value
param = %keyword%
end_xyzsection

I would like comments color coded, begn/end color coded,
param and value color coded and %keyword% color coded.

Is this a trivial task? Or would it take me awhile to
create the syntax file?

–
Jim Freeze

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

–

Ara Howard
NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory
Information and Technology Services
Data Systems Group
R/FST 325 Broadway
Boulder, CO 80305-3328
Email: ara.t.howard@fsl.noaa.gov
Phone: 303-497-7238
Fax: 303-497-7259
====================================

–
Jim Freeze

Of course there’s no reason for it, it’s just our policy.