[ruby-talk:6115] Re: Syntax highlighting for vim?

Johann Spies wrote:

> I don't know where I got this but I have the following in my .vimrc:
>
> -------------
> map <M-F10> :!ruby -r xmp -n -e 'xmp($_, "\%l\t\t\# \%r\n")'<CR>
> --------------

Isn't this the thing that gets Ruby to evaluate the current selection and
then inserts it on the right hand side of your text?

> When I try and use it (Alt-F10), nothing happens.
>
> How do I get syntax highlighting for ruby on the vim editor?

I don't use syntax highlighting at all.

But you might try the command ":help syntax" to get more info.

Or rumage around www.vim.org for the Vim FAQ and User's Guide.

And check out:

# Subject: Re: VIM syntax file for Ruby?
# Date: 07/10/2000
# Author: hipster <[e-mail]>
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# On Sun, 09 Jul 2000  16:40:40 +0200, Patrick Schoenbach wrote:
# >
# > Hi guys,
# >
# > I know, someone has written a preliminary interface to Ruby for VIM. Did
# > someone also hack up a sytax highlighting file for VIM? If so, I would
# > be very interested.
#
# http://www.xs4all.nl/~hipster/lib/ruby/ruby.vim
# imperfect but useable...
#
# Michel

As a really desperate last resort, do ":! emacs". (According to the Ruby FAQ
1.11, "ruby-mode.el is supplied in the Ruby distribution". Oh yea, and look
what else it says a few lines later about that ":map <M-F10> ..." thing.)

Hmm. Maybe when you finally find the answer, you could see about getting it
added to the Ruby FAQ.

Conrad