tools/vim/README.txt


Syntax highlighting for ASCEND files in VIM
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I learnt VIM on some crumby old green-on-black terminals at University of Melbourne.
They were slow and only barely usable. But somehow, the habit of using VI (and now
VIM) stuck, and I still like to use it for quick edits.

If you also like VIM, place the ascend.vim syntax file in the correct place on your
system (probably /usr/share/vim/syntax or something like that). You also 
need to register the syntax file with a change to your ~/.vimrc file.

If you use MinGW/MSYS then you can use the example .vimrc file (vimrc-mingw.txt)
which will enable colour syntax highlighting. It seems to work for both the 'mintty'
terminal as well as for the 'cygwin' (regular MSYS command-line) terminal. Enjoy!

-- 
John Pye
Feb 2012

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2	Syntax highlighting for ASCEND files in VIM
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5	I learnt VIM on some crumby old green-on-black terminals at University of Melbourne.
6	They were slow and only barely usable. But somehow, the habit of using VI (and now
7	VIM) stuck, and I still like to use it for quick edits.
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9	If you also like VIM, place the ascend.vim syntax file in the correct place on your
10	system (probably /usr/share/vim/syntax or something like that). You also
11	need to register the syntax file with a change to your ~/.vimrc file.
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13	If you use MinGW/MSYS then you can use the example .vimrc file (vimrc-mingw.txt)
14	which will enable colour syntax highlighting. It seems to work for both the 'mintty'
15	terminal as well as for the 'cygwin' (regular MSYS command-line) terminal. Enjoy!
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18	John Pye
19	Feb 2012
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