created by

Dmitry Vasiliev

script type

syntax

description

Enhanced version of the original (from vim6.1) python.vim for Python programming language. The changes since the original python.vim are: - changed strings highlighting; - enhanced special symbols highlighting inside strings; - enhanced numbers highlighting; - added optional highlighting for %-formatting inside strings; - added highlighting for some error conditions (wrong symbols in source file,   mixing spaces and tabs, wrong number values,   wrong %-formatting inside strings); - added highlighting for magic comments: source code encoding   and #! (executable) strings; - added highlighting for new exceptions and builtins introduced in python 2.3, 2.4 and 2.5; - added highlighting for doctests; - added highlighting for new @decorator syntax introduced in Python 2.4a2; - added highlighting for trailing-space errors (triggered by new   option: python_highlight_space_errors); - added highlighting for variable name errors; - added highlighting for hex number errors;

install details

Place python.vim file in ~/.vim/syntax/ folder.

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package	script version	date	Vim version	user	release notes
python3.0.vim	3.0.2	2009-07-24	7.0	Dmitry Vasiliev	- Applied patch by Caleb Adamantine which fixes highlighting for decorators
python.vim	2.6.5	2009-07-24	7.0	Dmitry Vasiliev	- Applied patch by Caleb Adamantine which fixes highlighting for decorators
python3.0.vim	3.0.1	2009-05-03	6.0	Dmitry Vasiliev	- Fixed compatibility with pyrex.vim
python.vim	2.6.4	2009-05-03	6.0	Dmitry Vasiliev	- Fixed compatibility with pyrex.vim
python3.0.vim	3.0.0	2008-12-07	6.0	Dmitry Vasiliev	*Warning: For Python 3.0 only!* - Added support for non-ASCII identifiers; - Added support for new text strings and binary data (bytes); - Updated support for numeric literals; - Updated support for str.format; - Added new builtins introduced in Python 2.6: "ascii", "exec", "memoryview", "print"; - Added new keyword "nonlocal"; - Removed exception "StandardError"; - Removed builtins: "apply", "basestring", "buffer", "callable", "coerce", "execfile", "file", "help", "intern", "long", "raw_input", "reduce", "reload", "unichr", "unicode", "xrange";
python.vim	2.6.3	2008-09-29	6.0	Dmitry Vasiliev	- Return back trailing 'L' support for numbers. Actually it was changed for future Python 3.0 syntax but in wrong file;
python.vim	2.6.2	2008-09-22	6.0	Dmitry Vasiliev	- Added "VMSError" exception; - Added support for b"..." syntax; - Added support for str.format brace escaping;
python.vim	2.6.1	2008-09-21	6.0	Dmitry Vasiliev	First Python 2.6 compatible release. Changes: - Added new builtins and exceptions introduced in Python 2.6: "bin", "bytearray", "bytes", "format", "next", "BufferError", "BytesWarning"; - Added builtin "__debug__"; - Added global variables: "__doc__", "__file__", "__name__", "__package__"; - Removed "OverflowWarning" (removed in Python 2.5); - Added option "python_print_as_function" for highlight "print" as a function; - Added support for new integer literal syntax "0o" and "0b"; - Added support for string.Template syntax controlled by "python_highlight_string_templates" option; - Added support for str.format syntax controlled by "python_highlight_string_format" option; - Removed highlighting for "--" and "++" because it is a valid Python expressions which can be interpreted as "a + +b";
python.vim	2.5.6	2007-02-04	6.0	Dmitry Vasiliev	- Applied patch by Pedro Algarvio to enable spell checking only for   the right spots (strings and comments);
python.vim	2.5.5	2006-09-26	7.0	Dmitry Vasiliev	- added new warnings (ImportWarning, UnicodeWarning) introduced in Python 2.5;
python.vim	2.5.4	2006-05-11	6.0	Dmitry Vasiliev	- added highlighting for erroneous operators: &&, ||, ++, --, ===   (inspired by http://www.vim.org/tips/tip.php?tip_id=969, thanks   Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven for the link); - added highlighting for new 'with' statement and 'BaseException',   'GeneratorExit' exceptions introduced in Python 2.5; - added highlighting for 'OverflowWarning' exception which had been   forgotten; - returned more robust recognition for function names;
python.vim	2.5.3	2006-03-06	6.0	Dmitry Vasiliev	- fixed %-formatting highlighting for raw unicode strings;
python.vim	2.5.2	2006-01-23	6.0	Dmitry Vasiliev	- slightly simplified option handling; - fixed regexp for indentation errors; - fixed highlighting for backslashed symbols inside strings; - added highlighting for trailing-space errors (triggered by new   option: python_highlight_space_errors); - added highlighting for variable name errors; - added highlighting for hex number errors;
python.vim	2.5.1	2005-03-13	6.0	Dmitry Vasiliev	- added new builtins 'all' and 'any' (Python 2.5a0)
python.vim	2.4.2	2004-08-05	6.0	Dmitry Vasiliev	- added highlighting for new @decorator syntax introduced in Python 2.4a2
python.vim	2.4.1	2004-03-17	6.0	Dmitry Vasiliev	- new versioning scheme (based on python version numbers); - added highlighting for new types/builtins introduced in python 2.4    (set, frozenset, reversed, sorted); - new option added: python_slow_sync (set this for slow but more   robust syntax synchronization); - added highlighting for doctests;
python.vim	1.19	2003-10-17	6.0	Dmitry Vasiliev	- new option added: python_highlight_indent_errors; - python_highlight_all now not override previously   set options, for example code       let python_highlight_indent_errors = 0       let python_highlight_all = 1   set all highlight options except indentation   errors highlighting option;
python.vim	1.17	2003-10-13	6.0	Dmitry Vasiliev	Initial upload