created by

Paul Ollis

script type

utility

description

Significant changes for version 0.2   - This version uses version 0.2 of VPE-Sitter, which has a work around to     provide greatly increased stability - I have not seen any message up     highlighting.   - Support for users to add languages. See:         https://vpe-syntax.readthedocs.io/en/latest/guide/adding_a_language.html     for a tutorial.   - Some minimal, initial documentation:         https://vpe-syntax.readthedocs.io/en/latest/   - A colour scheme editor - started using the command "Synsit tweak" - to help     in developing extended colour schemes for VPE-Syntax highlighting.   See https://github.com/paul-ollis/vpe_syntax/blob/v0.2/README.rst for some   more details, including screenshot and screen-cast of the colour scheme   editor. Requirements   VPE-Syntax requires a minimum of Vim 9 and Python 3.11   VPE-Syntax has only been tested on Linux and Windows. What it is all about   This is a Vim Python plugin that is implemented on top of VPE, see:       https://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=5905   It provides text property based syntax highlighting using Tree-sitter to   rapidly parse your code. Please see the README at:   https://github.com/paul-ollis/vpe_syntax for additional notes. Status   This is an alpha release that only provides support files to highlight Python   and C code. It is in some ways a prototype, but I am using day-to-day for   Python code.   Documentation is much needed, which will probably be the main focus of the   next release. Tree-sitter and Vim   Tree-sitter is a relatively new library specifically designed to provide code   parsing that is fast enough to be used as the basis of editor tooling. See::     https://tree-sitter.github.io/tree-sitter/   Tree-sitter has been discussed as a possible way to overcome certain   limitations of Vim's built-in sytax highlighting mechanism   (https://github.com/vim/vim/issues/9087). While NeoVim has made strides in   this area, a native Vim implementation still seems some way off.   In the meantime, this plugin may provide a way for Vim users to experience the   improvements possible with a Tree-sitter approach. It has been designed to be   performant - the current version seems to handle files of around 25,000 lines   well. It can even handle the 262,858 line sqlite3.c file referred to the above   issue 9087. On my PC it takes about 4 seconds to initially highlight the   entire file, but Vim remains responsive at all times.   Improvements in scalability may be made in future releases. Source code   The source code is hosted at https://github.com/paul-ollis/vpe_syntax.   You can raise bugs or feature requests there. Pull requests are also welcome.

install details

The download provides a Python installation script that automates installation. See the README in the download for instructions.

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package	script version	date	Vim version	user	release notes
vpe-syntax-0.2.0.zip	0.2	2025-10-15	9.0	Paul Ollis	Stable highlighting, colour scheme editor.
vpe-syntax-0.1.1.zip	0.1.1	2025-09-11	9.0	Paul Ollis	This download now provides a Python installation script.
vpe-syntax-stub-0.1.0.zip	0.1.0	2025-09-10	9.0	Paul Ollis	Initial upload

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