Yes, I could get the expected syntax display with vim 8.0 . Thanks.
On Wed, Apr 5, 2017 at 3:43 PM, Dominique Pellé <[email protected]> wrote: > Chandra <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hello, > > I see a syntax behavior change between vim 7.4 and earlier > > version. (We are yet to update VIM version to 8.0+ in our company.) > > > > I use different syntax for lines that begin with "//" (Comments) and > > lines that begin with "//:" (embedded Perl Code). I was able to > > achieve this with earlier version of vim by specifying this in the > > syntax file, > > > > syn match embPerlCode "^\s*//:.*" > > > > and this in .gvimrc, > > > > highlight embPerlCode gui=bold guifg=maroon > > > > This works fine in version 7.2 (didn't check in 7.3). But in version > > 7.4 the behavior has changed. The embPerlCode lines are > > shown with syntax color of Comments. > > > > Is there a way to get around this and get back the previous behavior? > > Using vim-8.0.543 (gtk3 gui), it works as expected for me > i.e. I see different colors for comments if I do: > > $ vim -f -g \ > -c 'syntax on' \ > -c 'setfiletype cpp' \ > -c 'syn match embPerlCode "^\s*//:.*"' \ > -c 'hi embPerlCode gui=bold guifg=maroon' \ > -c 'call setline(1, ["// a cpp comment", "//: an empPerlCode comment"])' > > Can you double check? > > If you use vim-7.2 or 7.3, you're missing a lot of > fixes and useful new features. > > Dominique > > -- > -- > 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 > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "vim_use" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > topic/vim_use/bO4pbg3nvoU/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
