Vim syntax error highlight

Question

I'm vim newbie, and I been using someone's vim configuration(I've cloned his .vim directory to my home directory).

It seems that his configuration has a bug about syntax checking. As you can see:

The bracket should not be highlighted, cause there is not error there.

So my question is, which part of the vim configuration should I check for this issue.

Thanks

UPDATE: 0

I think I found the line that cause this bug.

I have a extra.vim file in ~/.vim/syntax/c/extra.vim the file is looks like:

"========================================================
" Highlight All Function
"========================================================
syn match   cFunction "\<[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z_0-9]*\>[^()]*)("me=e-2
syn match   cFunction "\<[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z_0-9]*\>\s*("me=e-1

"========================================================
" Highlight All Math Operator
"========================================================
" C math operators
syn match       cMathOperator     display "[-+\*/%=]"
"" C pointer operators
syn match       cPointerOperator  display "->\|\."
"" C logical   operators - boolean results
syn match       cLogicalOperator  display "[!<>]=\="
syn match       cLogicalOperator  display "=="
"" C bit operators
syn match       cBinaryOperator   display "\(&\||\|\^\|<<\|>>\)=\="
syn match       cBinaryOperator   display "\~"
syn match       cBinaryOperatorError display "\~="
"" More C logical operators - highlight in preference to binary
syn match       cLogicalOperator  display "&&\|||"
syn match       cLogicalOperatorError display "\(&&\|||\)="

" Math Operator
hi def link cMathOperator            cOperator
hi def link cPointerOperator         cOperator
hi def link cLogicalOperator         cOperator
hi def link cBinaryOperator          cOperator
hi def link cBinaryOperatorError     cOperator
hi def link cLogicalOperator         cOperator
hi def link cLogicalOperatorError    cOperator


hi def link cFunction Function
hi def link cOperator Operator

" hi Operator guifg=LightGoldenrod

When I comment out the line below:

syn match       cMathOperator     display "[-+\*/%=]"

The issue is gone.

So how can I fix this, and why ?

edit the .vimrc if you are using *nix.

luoluo
– luoluo

2015-08-24 12:13:26 +00:00
Commented Aug 24, 2015 at 12:13 — luoluo
– luoluo, Commented Aug 24, 2015 at 12:13

mMontu · Accepted Answer · 2015-08-24 12:32:47Z

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Vim probably has not checked the entire file. It is a kind of optimization which sometimes fails.

Usually scrolling the file backwards and forwards a couple of screens solves the problem.

You can also force a analysis on the entire file:

:syn sync fromstart

For more information, check Vim FAQ 24.8: Vim syntax highlighting is broken. When I am editing a file, some parts of the file is not syntax highlighted or syntax highlighted incorrectly.

answered Aug 24, 2015 at 12:32

mMontu

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Alan Over a year ago

Thanks @mMontu but it seems not be the problem. Since my file is short.

mMontu Over a year ago

@Alan how short is your file? Is it completely displayed on the figure in your question?

Alan Over a year ago

This file has only 158 lines, I think this issue is caused by some bug that in my own syntax files. My vim configuration is uploaded to github.com/archersmind/vim

Alan Over a year ago

I just found the line that cause this bug. And my question is updated, can you please help me to answer my question ?

Alan · Accepted Answer · 2015-08-26 09:05:20Z

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OK, This Bug is corrected with:

-"syn match       cMathOperator     display "[-+\*/%=]"
+syn match cMathOperator display "[-+/*/%=]"

answered Aug 26, 2015 at 9:05

Alan

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