On Wednesday, October 3, 2012 10:49:19 AM UTC-7, Charles Campbell wrote: > Paul Lou wrote: > > > Hello all, > > > > > > First I'd like to thank the VIM team for creating one of the best and most > > flexible editors in the world. > > > > > > I just started learning VIM with Fortran, and I realized a syntax coloring > > problem when creating a Fortran file through > > > > > > vim example.f > > > > > > As shown in shot.png, the syntax coloring is only working partially. > > > > > The problem: your code is beginning "too soon"; ie. the "p" in "program" > > should be in column 8. Try inserting enough space and you'll see the > > error highlighting go away. > > > > The more interesting question is why does subsequent editing show no > > error highlighting? That's because some dialects of fortran use > > "fixed-source" (ie. code doesn't start until column 8) and some use > > "free source" form. The syntax/fortran.vim file examines the first 500 > > lines for "signs of free source format". So, when you first began > > editing, fortran.vim assumed f95 and fixed-source. Subsequent editing > > of the file let fortran.vim determined you wanted "free source" form. > > > > You might want to specify what dialect of fortran you're using, too > > (choices are: F elf f77 f90 f95). See :help fortran.vim for more > > information. > > > > Regards, > > C Campbell
Thank you for your spread of knowledge Mr. Campbell. I will look into more about this "fixed" and "free" forms and the reasons behind these forms. -- 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
