On Jun 2, 2:36 am, cyboman <[email protected]> wrote: > i'm writing code that which syntax is very similar to vhdl however the > code is case sensitive. i would like to be able to made some > modifications to the syntax highlighting without modifying the actual > vhdl.vim. i understood that i need to put my syntax file into .vim/ > after/syntax/vhdl.vim. however here is the issue: > > original vhdl is not case sensitive but i need to make it case > sensitive, i.e > > syn keyword vhdlStatement register > > but i need it to be able to highlight only the lower case i.e > something like > > syn case match > syn keyword vhdlStatement register > syn case ignore > > the problem is that even i use the proposed solution my vhdl still > highlights Register because of the original vhdl definition. does > anybody know of a way to reset the definitions in syntax files? > > any help is appreciated
You cannot override the syntax rules with the after directory if you want to modify the case-sensitivity of all the matches. The easiest solution is probably to simply copy $VIMRUNTIME/syntax/vhdl.vim into $HOME/.vim/syntax/vhdl.vim and modify it there. -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
