On 26/10/06, Hugh Sasse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip]
So, we run into a problem: how does one syntax highlight mixed language code?
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I don't know whether this is of any use, but I have often found situations where I need to embed code from one language in the comments of another. For example, I have Matlab code that scans through its own source for some perl code, writes it to disk and then uses it to process text files (as Perl is MUCH better at text file handling). This saves having multiple scripts for a single (relatively simple task). In .vim/after/syntax/matlab.vim, I have (three lines): unlet! b:current_syntax syn include @matlabPerlScript $VIMRUNTIME/syntax/perl.vim syn region matlabPerlRegion matchgroup=matlabScriptDelim start=+^% PERL\d*: +hs=s+8 end=+$+ [EMAIL PROTECTED] So any lines starting "% PERL: " (with an optional number after PERL) are highlighted as perl code. The number allows me to have multiple perl scripts embedded in a single Matlab script. I have done similar things for C and others. Hope that is of some interest, Al
