HTML string vim syntax highlighting

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I've been trying to write a swig syntax highlight file for vim and I've run into a bit of an issue.

Everything is working okay so far but it's not highlighting inside of html strings. I've looked around and I'm using containedin=htmlString but it's still not highlighting. Also htmlLink is showing the strange grayish color.

I am using this to see what syntax applies and it's saying htmlString and htmlLink as I expected.

Here is a gist of my .vim syntax file

here is a screenshot of what I'm seeing:

I expect <a href="{{ config.root}}... etc to have the curly braces highlighted

I also read this question and it didn't help me or I didn't understand it

I'm not clear on the connection between swig and html. I use swig quite a bit, but html hasn't come into it for me. What language are you generating code for? — Codie CodeMonkey
– Codie CodeMonkey, Commented Jul 8, 2013 at 4:00
You might be thinking of the wrong swig. This is an html template engine named swig, not "Simplified Wrapper Interface Generator". Check the link in the OP. — blockloop
– blockloop, Commented Jul 8, 2013 at 4:44
aha! Hard to imagine someone would name another package swig, but there ya go. — Codie CodeMonkey
– Codie CodeMonkey, Commented Jul 8, 2013 at 8:44
Yeah imagine the stuff I've one through trying to Google lol. — blockloop
– blockloop, Commented Jul 8, 2013 at 13:14

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 12:30:06Z

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From what I see in your definition you have:

syn region swgInside start=/{(%|{)/ end=/(%|})}/ keepend transparent containedin=@htmlSwgContainer

syn match swgBrackets "{%\|%}\|{{\|}}" containedin=swgInside

However on the screenshot you've posted I don't see swgBrackets contained in the swgInside blocks (which I see two: {% if ... %} and {% endif %}).

I would propose revising swgBrackets constraints (maybe removing containedin?). This might help: Vim syntax files ... trying to undestand "contains"

edited May 23, 2017 at 12:30

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blockloop Over a year ago

That was it. This was my first vim syntax implementation and I wasn't thinking clearly I guess. I have since changed it and I'm working past this now. Thanks for the answer.

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