Re: [Caml-list] Quoted strings and vim-syntax-highlighting

[Markus Mottl <markus.mottl@gmail.com>]

Thanks, Glen, I've added your last proposal to the OCaml syntax file.
Once in a while I submit it for inclusion in Vim.

Regards,
Markus

On Tue, Mar 1, 2016 at 3:49 PM, Glen Mével <glen.mevel@crans.org> wrote:
> hello,
>
> Le 01/03/2016 16:10, Markus Mottl a écrit :
>> It's a known issue, but I'm currently too busy to do anything about
>> it.  Please feel free to implement a solution, and I'll add it to the
>> Vim-syntax file for OCaml.
>
> this does the trick:
>
>         syn region ocamlString start="{\z\([a-z_]*\)|" end="|\z1}"
>
> for a more complete addition (i put spellchecking because it was already
> set for "" string litterals, not sure if appropriate):
>
>         syn region ocamlString matchgroup=ocamlLabel start="{\z\([a-z_]*\)|"
> end="|\z1}" contains=@Spell
>
> or, even neater:
>
>         syn region ocamlString matchgroup=ocamlQuotedStringDelim
> start="{\z\([a-z_]*\)|" end="|\z1}" contains=@Spell
>
> with that line in the appropriate place of the syntax file:
>
>         HiLink ocamlQuotedStringDelim Identifier
>
> --
> Glen Mével
> this has to be implemented in utop too…
>



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