On 19/02/09 06:49, Bee wrote:
>
> On Feb 18, 2009, at 6:41 PM, Ben Fritz wrote:
>> On Feb 18, 1:54 pm, Bee<[email protected]> wrote:
>>> syntax off and syntax on effect all buffers.
>>>
>>> This works to turn of/off syntax color for only the current buffer.
>>>
>>> Are there other ways?
>>>
>> :set syntax=
>>
>> I think that should be a little cleaner.
>
> set syntax= will trigger the if&syntax=="" test and will cause
> all buffers to turn syntax on.
use ":setlocal syntax=", it won't affect other buffers.
---------^^^^^
>
> let&syntax=strftime("%c") does not trigger the if&syntax=="" test.
>
> set syntax=off also does not trigger the if&syntax=="" test, but
> then there may be a file with filetype=off
>
> I use a Mac or Linux, tried on Windows using strftime() it did not work.
>
> Simplified to this, it works on both Mac and Win.
> Just now learned how to concatenate strings in vim.
>
> function ToggleSyntaxCurrentBuffer()
> if&syntax==""
> syntax enable
> elseif&syntax==&ft
> let&syntax=&ft . '~'
> else
> let&syntax=&ft
> endif
> endfunction
>
also here: let &l:syntax = &ft (unlike what I said a few minutes ago)
Best regards,
Tony.
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