Improved CSS syntax highlighting in vim

Question

The CSS syntax highlighting in vim is not entirely optimal. For example:

div.special_class

stops the highlighting at the _.

Is there an improved highlighter that doesn't bite on an underscore?

Update: I'm using VIM - Vi IMproved 7.1 (2007 May 12, compiled Jun 17 2008 15:22:40)

and the header of my css.vim is:

" Vim syntax file
" Language:     Cascading Style Sheets
" Maintainer:   Claudio Fleiner <[email protected]>
" URL:          http://www.fleiner.com/vim/syntax/css.vim
" Last Change:  2006 Jun 19
" CSS2 by Nikolai Weibull
" Full CSS2, HTML4 support by Yeti

SpoonMeiser · Accepted Answer · 2008-10-14 09:43:33Z

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I don't have that problem. This is the header of my syntax file:

" Vim syntax file
" Language: Cascading Style Sheets
" Maintainer:   Claudio Fleiner <[email protected]>
" URL:      http://www.fleiner.com/vim/syntax/css.vim
" Last Change:  2007 Nov 06
" CSS2 by Nikolai Weibull
" Full CSS2, HTML4 support by Yeti

The relevant line of the syntax file, is this:

syn match cssClassName "\.[A-Za-z][A-Za-z0-9_-]\+"

answered Oct 14, 2008 at 9:43

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MDCore Over a year ago

That URL seems to be referreing to the 2006 Jun 19 version. But changing that line fixed it. Thanks!

MDCore Over a year ago

Where did you get that syntax file btw?

SpoonMeiser Over a year ago

It's the version of vim in Debian unstable, 7.2.025-1. In the vim-runtime package.

Tomalak · Accepted Answer · 2008-10-14 08:36:08Z

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What version of vim are you using?

My css.vim is

" Vim syntax file
" Language: Cascading Style Sheets
" Maintainer:   Claudio Fleiner <[email protected]>
" URL:      http://www.fleiner.com/vim/syntax/css.vim
" Last Change:  2005 Nov 23
" CSS2 by Nikolai Weibull
" Full CSS2, HTML4 support by Yeti

as shipped with vim 7.0, and it does not expose the behaviour you described.

answered Oct 14, 2008 at 8:36

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Ken Over a year ago

same problem (vim 7.1.138, Ubuntu) " Vim syntax file " Language: Cascading Style Sheets " Maintainer: Claudio Fleiner <[email protected]> " URL: fleiner.com/vim/syntax/css.vim " Last Change: 2006 Jun 19 " CSS2 by Nikolai Weibull " Full CSS2, HTML4 support by Yeti

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