ZyX wrote:
The runtime update of Vim 7.3.488 (changeset 2cfb68fa26cd) adds ":" to
'iskeyword'; ostensibly "To make syntax highlighting of 'vimVar's work
correctly". Since you, Charles, maintain the Vimscript syntax, I'd
thought this actually came from you. (I had earlier complained about the
intransparent and infrequent change process of runtime files in
Mercurial; this is one instance where it hurts.)
I'd like to object against this change, not just because of the current
issue, but this also breaks tag jumping, because ctags puts functions
without the scope prefix into the tags database. (And this is better,
because prefixes are sometimes optional, and <SID> and s: are equivalent.)
Therefore, Charles, can't you make "vimVar's work correctly" without
adding ":" to 'iskeyword', and send a corresponding patch (for both
syntax/vim.vim and ftplugin/vim.vim) to Bram?! That would solve both the
broken syntax and the broken tag jumps.
I second the request and can add another reasons:
- It breaks python << EOF highlighting: `try:`/`else:` and so on is too common
in python code.
- It breaks using `*` for searching for function argument (in function
definition there are no `a:`).
- It breaks completion for functions with unique argument names (for the same
reason) and completion for standard names (e.g. with consistent coding style
there may be `l:repository` (`repository`) and `a:repository` at the same time).
- It breaks expectations of how searching works: if I want to find some word in comment
using `\<works\>` I definitely not expect that `works:` in this sentence is not
matched. I also would not expect searching for `\<works:\>` if I press `*` on
`works:` in this sentence. It is hard to keep different habits for different filetypes. `-`
in `isk` in zsh files is already too bad, do not make it worse by adding third filetype to
a list.
Sounds like nasty stuff. Two problems:
1. There is no isk+=: in syntax/vim.vim v7.3-25
2. My copy of ftplugin/vim.vim, which I don't maintain, also does not
have isk+=: in it.
Regards,
C Campbell
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