LFrankel wrote:
I'm having some problems trying to get syntax folding working for Visual
Basic.
Simply put: I've confirmed that the regexes
"\c^\(.*'\)[EMAIL PROTECTED]" and "\c^\(.*'\)[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
work by simply searching by them with hlsearch turned on and observing that
I get the results I'm expecting. However, if I enter the following command:
syntax region function start="\c^\(.*'\)[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
end="\c^\(.*'\)[EMAIL PROTECTED]" transparent fold
...either in a syntax file or just in gVim itself, I get nothing but
problems. It doesn't seem to work at all unless I've actually cleared the
syntax, and since trying that at first it was working, then only working if
I set foldnestlevel=2, and finally not working at all (I haven't been able
to determine why; I don't think I tried anything different).
I don't mind folding solutions other than syntax, but I haven't been able to
come up with anything satisfactory since, after getting folding functions to
work, I'm intending to get subroutines and properties to fold as well
(which, as far as I know, means that folding by marks or expr won't work).
I'm using gVim 7.0 on Windows.
I haven't tried this out, but perhaps some pointers:
* order of appearance of syntax rules specifies priority, with later
matches and regions having precedence
* simply doing yet another match/region line does not remove the earlier
syntax
* keywords have precedence over matches/regions
* once a match/region starts, other syntax rules don't apply unless
they're explicitly "contained", until the
match/region ends.
Hmm, I don't see "syn.*region.*function" in any of the three *basic*.vim
syntax files that
come with Vim, so I assume that you're trying to include extra syntax
with one of them.
Can you give some examples of the syntax you're trying to match and some
you're trying not to match?
(those \(.*\)[EMAIL PROTECTED] seem peculiar to me -- what are you trying to
avoid?).
Note that keywords have precedence over matches and regions! For example,
do function ABC
endfunction
would not be recognized as a function because "do" is a keyword (in
syntax/basic.vim).
One thing you could do is to copy basic.vim to $HOME/syntax/basic.vim
and then to modify it.
a) comment out nearly all lines, insert your function syntax, test to
see if functions are foldable.
b) re-activate lines bit by bit by uncommenting them and while trying to
see if your function
matching syntax is still working. You may find that you need to move
the function regions
about.
Regards,
Chip Campbell
Regards,
Chip Campbell
