Re: [vile] Where are 'keywords' set for vilemode, keymode, etc.?

[Thomas Dickey]

On Fri, 16 Feb 2007, Eur Ing Chris Green wrote:

> I have a small problem with syntax highlighting in certain cases.
>
> For example when I exit my .vilerc file the highlighting is correct on
> most systems but on a couple of systems (the BSD one in particular I
> have noticed it) a couple of the syntax colours are bright instead of
> normal.  I.e. I'm getting BC5 instead of C5.

The actual colors are set in .vile.keywords (which one might expect would
define keywords for vilemode)

> However this is only happening on some file types, cmode seems OK but
> vilemode and keymode aren't.
>
> So, what xxx.keywords file is used when one is in (say) vilemode?

vilemode is a special case: if it's not built with external filters,
vilemode uses vile's own symbol tables to get the keywords to highlight.
(It could be improved, but I generally find the result usable).

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