More syntax highlighting fun

[Doug Kearns]

On Fri, Feb 23, 2007 at 12:10:53PM -0600, Tim Pope wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 23, 2007 at 07:56:03PM +1100, Doug Kearns wrote:
> > On Thu, Feb 22, 2007 at 11:32:36AM -0600, Tim Pope wrote:
> > > More important than a few cosmetic changes is the overhaul I gave to
> > > method, module, and class definitions.
> > From a quick inspection I noticed that the following are not being
> > highlighted properly:
> > 
> > def foo    ; end  # whitespace after method name
> > def foo(x);  end  # with parameter list (also empty list)
> > def Foo::bar;end  # specified with ::
> 
> Fixed all 3.  Turns out the difference between .\@<! and \.\@<! is
> quite large :).

Thanks.

> > def [];      end  # all redefinable operator methods
> 
> You may not have intended it, but this is by far the best case I have
> heard for highlighting method names:  indicating whether they are
> valid, including the appropriate operators.

I guess... It's probably the best to highlight them by default.  It
certainly seems to be what all the other kids are doing.

> I've added matching for
> all operators that can be overloaded; the list is hopefully both
> exhaustive and exclusive.

You missed == and & which I've added.

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> > It's really just the "Vim Way" of doing things - at least as I
> > understand it.  Generally the configuration options are there to allow
> > people to customize the highlighting without any need to understand
> > syntax files.  I think you'd be surprised how many people use Vim with
> > absolutely no understanding of these details. ;-)
> 
> True to an extent, but some of this strikes me as "giving a man a
> fish".  Actually, I think in my example, the "hi link" is *easier* to
> understand.  You don't have to know how "let" differs from "set", and
> why it sometimes but not always needs a "g:" in there to work.  Plus,
> having such config variables in place sends the message, "the changes
> you can make are limited to these config variables".

That's a good point.

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Regards,
Doug