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ejls
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Vim syntax highlighting for WML

Post by ejls »

Hi!

    I wrote a (basic) Vim syntax file for WML. It is far from perfect, but it is better than nothing. :)

Features
    Highlighting of:
  • Standard tags (copied from here)
    Vim WML example: highlighting of tags
    Vim WML example: highlighting of tags
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  • Lua
    Vim WML example: highlighting of lua
    Vim WML example: highlighting of lua
    lua.png (2.46 KiB) Viewed 4362 times
  • Formula (basic)
    Vim WML example: highlighting of formula
    Vim WML example: highlighting of formula
    formula.png (1.66 KiB) Viewed 4362 times
  • Syntax error (basic)
    Vim WML example: highlighting of errors
    Vim WML example: highlighting of errors
    error.png (1.92 KiB) Viewed 4362 times
    Sadly, the WML schema project seems abandoned, it would have allowed the recognition of valid keys/tags inside the corresponding parent tag. That is why, I have not included highlighting of standard keys since they would always be highlighted.

Install
  • Download vim-wml.tar.gz
  • Extract it in your vim syntax directory
    On Linux/Unix:

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    $ mkdir -p ~/.vim/syntax && tar xzvf vim-wml.tar.gz -C ~/.vim/syntax
  • You can enable wml highlighting for the current buffer by typing :set syn=wesml
    To enable it automatically for all .cfg files add the following line to your .vimrc:

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    au BufNewFile,BufRead *.cfg setf wesml
Notes
    Even if there already exist a syntax highlighting for .cfg files, it is very generic, I tried to match WML syntax more closely. Since the name wml is already taken (Website MetaLanguage), I named the syntax file wesml.
    The most recent version of lua.vim (Vim syntax file for Lua) is using TOP everywhere, this cause some bugs with the definition of Lua blocks. To fix this, I included a file named wmllua.vim which is a 2006 version of lua.vim. This version of Lua highlighting is only for Lua 4.0 to Lua 5.1. Since r52914, Lua 5.2 is included in Wesnoth so the highlighting is not perfect. You may try your local lua.vim file by editing wesml.vim (read the comment before the syn include line).
    Lua code is highlighted only when it is in a String value with the key "code" (even outside a [lua] tag) and when it is the sole attribute of the line. The highlighting of "" in double quoted string, variable ($...|) and formula ($(...)) is rarely (read never) working in Lua code. There is certainly others bugs… I let you hunt them. :)
    I am not a Vim syntax wizard, my goal was to make a (more or less) working syntax file, so the code is not very elegant. However, the file is under 3-clause BSD license, so do not hesitate to improve it. If you have any remark or problem, please let me know (here or on IRC).

    I suppose Vim is not widely used across UMC author, but I hope this will be useful to some of you. :)
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Sapient
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Re: Vim syntax highlighting for WML

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I have been using vim so this will be very nice. Thank you!
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AI
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Re: Vim syntax highlighting for WML

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I'm having trouble with the autocmd setf, here's part of my .vimrc:

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augroup vimrc_autocmds
    au!
    au BufNewFile,BufRead *.cfg setf wesml
    au BufNewFile,BufRead *.cfg echo "setf wesml"
augroup END
The echo happens, regardless of the order of the two au lines. Using :setf wesml or :set syn=wesml after vim has started also works, but the automatic setf doesn't seem to do anything.
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Re: Vim syntax highlighting for WML

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maybe it is setting it correctly but then something later is setting it to a different value
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Re: Vim syntax highlighting for WML

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au BufRead,BufNewFile *.cfg set syn=wesml
works for me.
Thank you ejls!
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Re: Vim syntax highlighting for WML

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Please commit it to data/tools.
Hopefully it will not fight with the emacs mode there :-)
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Re: Vim syntax highlighting for WML

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It works for me now, so I've committed it.
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