VPE-Syntax : Tree-sitter and text propery base syntax highlighting.
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| Paul Ollis |
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| utility |
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News
The download no provides a Python installation script.
Windows is now supported
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. |
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| install details |
| The download provides a Python installation script that automates installation. See the README in the download for instructions. |
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