created by

Gary Holloway

script type

utility

description

Displays the syntax highlighting attributes of the character under the cursor; including syntax group (and what it's linked to, if linked), foreground/background colors (name and numeric equivallent), bold, underline, etc. Example output: [WIth cursor on a function name in a vim script]      group: vimUserFuncName guifg=DarkCyan(#008b8b) gui=bold [With cursor on "function" keyword in vim script]      group: vimFuncKey->Statement guifg=Brown(#a52a2a) gui=bold [WIth cursor on "let" keyword in vim script]      group: vimLet->Statement guifg=Brown(#a52a2a) gui=bold This can be helpfull both developing syntax files, and for determining what something is (according to the syntax rules), since the group names used in syntax files are usually well-named. Recommended use with a mapping such as:   map -a :call SyntaxAttr()<CR>

install details

I put it in my autoload directory (~/vim/autoload), so the function is automagically loaded as needed via an autocommand: autocmd FuncUndefined * exe 'runtime autoload/' . expand('<afile>') . '.vim'

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package	script version	date	Vim version	user	release notes
SyntaxAttr.vim	1.1	2002-08-15	6.0	Gary Holloway	Initial upload

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