created by

Mark Manning

script type

syntax

description

This is the freebasic syntax file I have provided since v5.7.  It handles all (as far as I know) of the freebasic commands.  If you find that there are some it does not cover - please do let me know at markem-at-sim1.us.

install details

You may have to modify the filetype.vim file.  If so, you should insert the following lines: \" FreeBasic file (similar to QBasic) au BufNewFile,BufRead *.fb,*.bi setf freebasic

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package	script version	date	Vim version	user	release notes
freebasic.vim	7.0b	2019-09-10	7.0	Mark Manning	Ok. Found the &B (binary) and &O (octal) were not there and then I found a problem. I had "\\." when it should have been "\\\\.". Fix this. Makes the code look a lot nicer. :-)
freebasic.vim	v7.0	2015-02-23	7.0	Mark Manning	Mark, I understand you made the freebasic.vim file that ships with VIM (7.4 here), and also have the file on github.  I've made a number of changes to the file to fix a lot of things that just weren't working such as preprocessor directives (#ifdef, #define, etc).  Fixed up comment handling a bit, and added multi-line comments (/' '/).  Changed a few other classifications too to make the code highlight more like how code is highlighted in other languages such as C, Python, etc.  User-defined identifiers are not colored at all, which makes code a lot more readable.  Numbers also were not being highlighted at all before; not sure why but I fixed that.  There are still some broken things I encounter once in a while, but overall the highlighting is much improved. If you want to take a look and merge this into the official VIM distribution, that'd be great for other users. I borrowed some code from other syntax files that ship with VIM, such as the HiLink macro, though I am not sure that was necessary. Michael torriem@gmail.com
freebasic.vim	v5.7	2012-07-21	7.0	Mark Manning	Initial upload

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