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Enhanced version of the original Python syntax highlighting script. Based on
python.vim from Vim 6.1 distribution by Neil Schemenauer (nas at python dot
ca). Check also python.vim page on vim.org.
Please use the following channels for reporting bugs, offering suggestions or feedback:
- python.vim issue tracker: https://github.com/hdima/python-syntax/issues
- Email: Dmitry Vasiliev (dima at hlabs.org)
- Send a message or follow me for updates on Twitter: @hdima
Changes from the original python.vim are:
- Added support for Python 3 syntax highlighting
- Added
:Python2Syntaxand:Python3Syntaxcommands which allow to switch between Python 2 and Python 3 syntaxes respectively without reloads/restarts - Updated strings highlighting
- Enhanced special symbols highlighting inside strings
- Enhanced highlighting of numeric constants
- Added optional highlighting for %-formatting inside strings
- Added highlighting for magic comments: source code encoding and #! (executable) strings
- Added highlighting for new exceptions and builtins
- Added highlighting for doctests
- Added highlighting for new
@decoratorsyntax introduced in Python 2.4a2 - Added highlighting for the following errors:
- invalid symbols in source file
- mixing spaces and tabs
- invalid numeric constants
- invalid %-formatting inside strings
- invalid variable names
- trailing spaces (triggered by the
python_highlight_space_errorsoption)
Some of these features was later backported into the original python.vim.
The easiest installation method is to place syntax/python.vim script
into your ~/.vim/syntax/ directory.
You can also use Pathogen or Vundle plugin managers in which case you can install the whole python.vim repository into the corresponding plugins directory.
There are two commands to enable or disable an option:
:let OPTION_NAME = 1- Enable option
:let OPTION_NAME = 0- Disable option
For example to enable all syntax highlighting features you can place the
following command in your ~/.vimrc script:
let python_highlight_all = 1
python_version_2- Enable highlighting for Python 2 (Python 3 highlighting is enabled by
default). Also can be set as a local to buffer
b:python_version_2variable.
The following local to buffer commands can be used to switch between two highlighting modes:
:Python2Syntax- Switch to Python 2 highlighting mode
:Python3Syntax- Switch to Python 3 highlighting mode
python_highlight_builtins- Highlight builtin functions and objects
python_highlight_builtin_objs- Highlight builtin objects only
python_highlight_builtin_funcs- Highlight builtin functions only
python_highlight_exceptions- Highlight standard exceptions
python_highlight_string_formatting- Highlight
%string formatting python_highlight_string_format- Highlight syntax of
str.formatsyntax python_highlight_string_templates- Highlight syntax of
string.Template python_highlight_indent_errors- Highlight indentation errors
python_highlight_space_errors- Highlight trailing spaces
python_highlight_doctests- Highlight doc-tests
python_print_as_function- Highlight
printstatement as function for Python 2 python_highlight_file_headers_as_comments- Highlight shebang and coding headers as comments
python_highlight_all- Enable all the options above. NOTE: This option don't override any previously set options
python_slow_sync- Can be set to 0 for slow machines
List of the contributors in alphabetical order: