vim C/C++ highlight parens, brackets?

Tachtory · 01-20-2014, 04:56 AM

Currently my C++ syntax looks like this:

http://i42.tinypic.com/zn3lg3.png

Here is the color portion of my .vimrc file:

Code:

" make sure syntax highlighting is enabled
syntax on

" Colors

hi Comment ctermfg=darkgreen
hi Constant ctermfg=darkred
hi Preproc ctermfg=blue
hi Statement ctermfg=yellow
hi LineNr ctermfg=darkyellow
hi Type ctermfg=lightgreen
hi Identifier ctermfg=magenta
hi Special ctermfg=cyan
hi Number ctermfg=red
hi Boolean ctermfg=red
hi Character ctermfg=white
hi Operator ctermfg=yellow
hi String ctermfg=darkred
hi Constant ctermfg=red

" C

hi cCppParen ctermfg=cyan
hi cCppBracket ctermfg=cyan
hi cBlock ctermfg=cyan
hi cParen ctermfg=cyan
hi cBracket ctermfg=cyan

" Haskell

hi hsDelimiter ctermfg=cyan
hi ConId ctermfg=lightgreen

All the hi settings are working except the C/C++ brackets. Here's an example of some Haskell:

http://i41.tinypic.com/313p47a.png

rtmistler · 01-21-2014, 07:34 AM

What you described is not correct, your C settings are not working for that file. Nothing is cyan, parentheses, brackets, or blocks.

I notice that the syntax line in your file images states "syntax=cpp" versus "syntax=C" and in your .vimrc that section is named "C".

Can you either change that section name in your .vimrc or set the syntax to be C and see if this corrects the problem?

Tachtory · 01-21-2014, 01:37 PM

That line is just a comment. I tried re-naming the file to *.c and that changed the syntax=c, but still the same result.

chrism01 · 01-24-2014, 04:28 AM

Wouldn't it be easier to use one of the supplied syntax files eg /usr/share/vim/vim72/syntax/c.vim ?