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shengy
shengy

Reputation: 9749

error when defining a new vim syntax

Why can't this line correctly highlight all things between (* and *) as comments in vim?

syn region   datsComment start="(\*" end="\*)" contains=datsComment,datsTodo
hi def link datsComment Comment

Upvotes: 0

Views: 46

Answers (1)

Ingo Karkat
Ingo Karkat

Reputation: 172510

It does for me (in a fresh buffer without other syntax definitions). You probably have other syntax elements there that prevent a match.

You need to find out which syntax group causes that. :syn list shows all active groups, but it's easier when you install the SyntaxAttr.vim - Show syntax highlighting attributes of character under cursor plugin. If you find other syntax groups obscuring the match, you probably should include them in the contains=datsComment,datsTodo,... part.

Upvotes: 1

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