created by

Rik ***

script type

syntax

description

This file provides syntax highlighting for the GNU Octave programming language. Features * Highlights entire Octave grammar (endwhile, endfor, etc.), not just Matlab keywords * Updated to highlight all core Octave functions as of version 4.2.0 * Highlights user functions and anonymous functions [@(...)] from within the .m file being edited * Use-dependent highlighting of Octave system variables    When querying system variables, keyword is highlighted as a constant.  For example, var = true, highlights 'true' as a constant.    When setting variables or otherwise invoking keyword as a function, keyword is highlighted as a function.  For example, var = true (2,4), highlights 'true' as a function. * Support for multi-line strings with line continuation characters as well as escaped quotes (\" or \') within string. * Support for multi-line block comments * Support for highlighting numbers that use hex (0x) or binary (0b) syntax * Error highlighting for bad number syntax, bad structure variable names, bad block comments, bad line continuations. * Optional support for highlighting operators (+, -, *, etc.), user variables, or tabs   Errata * Occasionally anonymous functions are highlighted as a function even though the instance is of the name as a variable.  This is too difficult to correct without writing a full parser. OMNIFUNC * The syntax file has a list of every valid function in Octave which makes it useful as an auto-completion dictionary for use with ViM's omnifunc function.  Once installed, type a few letters of the name of a function and then use Ctrl-X Ctrl-O to bring up a list of possible matches. Addenda This script owes some debt to the two existing Octave syntax scripts: http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1241 http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1591 However, it has been thoroughly rewritten and expanded considerably.

install details

Syntax file install on a UNIX-like system 1) mkdir -p ~/.vim/syntax 2) cp octave.vim ~/.vim/syntax/ 3) Add the following lines to your ~/.vimrc to get ViM to use the file ----- SNIP ----- " Octave syntax augroup filetypedetect   au! BufRead,BufNewFile *.m,*.oct set filetype=octave augroup END ----- SNIP ----- Optional highlighting of operators (+, -, *, etc.), user variables, or tabs can be had by uncommenting the appropriately tagged lines in octave.vim. OMNIFUNC install on a UNIX-like system 1) Install the syntax file as described above 2) Add the following lines to your ~/.vimrc after the snippet from step 3 above ----- SNIP ----- " Use keywords from Octave syntax language file for autocomplete if has("autocmd") && exists("+omnifunc")    autocmd Filetype octave    \ if &omnifunc == "" |    \ setlocal omnifunc=syntaxcomplete#Complete |    \ endif endif ----- SNIP -----

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package	script version	date	Vim version	user	release notes
octave.vim.4.2.0	4.2.0	2016-11-14	5.7	Rik ***	Updated to include syntax highlighting for all functions in 4.2.0. Highlights numbers that use new syntax for hex (0x) and binary (0b). Classdef keywords now automatically indent/exdent when used in code.
octave.vim	3.8.3	2014-09-18	5.7	Rik ***	Correctly highlight cell arrays that use a transpose operator
octave.vim	3.8.0	2014-01-10	6.0	Rik ***	Updated function list to match 3.8.0 release of Octave Correct coloring problem with escaped double quotes within double-quoted string
octave.vim	3.6.0b	2012-01-30	5.7	Rik ***	Correctly highlight functions like strcmp which use '=' within quotes rather than assignment
octave.vim	3.6.0	2012-01-23	5.7	Rik ***	Update with list of 3.6.0 functions.  Now highlights keywords varargin, varargout, parfor.
octave.vim	3.4.3	2011-10-12	5.7	Rik ***	Updated for 3.4.3 Spellchecking in Vim, if used, is now restricted to string literals and comments which reduces screen clutter.
octave.vim	3.4.2	2011-08-03	5.7	Rik ***	Updated with 3.4.2 function list
octave.vim	3.4.0c	2011-06-08	5.7	Rik ***	Now highlights anonymous functions. Commands integrated into use-dependent highlighting. Better recognition of keyword on LHS of '=' to stop highlighting user variables
octave.vim	3.4.0b	2011-05-31	5.7	Rik ***	Correct occasional non-highlighting of nested () within function calls
octave.vim	3.4.0	2011-05-24	5.7	Rik ***	Initial upload

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