Re: [Groff] Readability, em-dashes, mom macros, etc.

[Alejandro Lopez-Valencia]

At 09:49 a.m. 23/05/2003, Peter Schaffter wrote:
> Also (sorry for the long post), is anyone out there interested in
> writing vim syntax highlighting rules for mom?  I use the elvis
> vi clone, and have provided mom rules for elvis in the file
> elvis_syntax.  I've never used vim, and haven't the time,
> presently, to explore how to write syntax highlighting for it.

I don't use MOM, but the vim syntax highlighting rules for t/groff, of 
which I am the official maintainer nowadays, are general enough to cover 
most cases of groff syntax; I encourage you to examine vim with the syntax 
file I posted earlier today and give me your complains[1]; no one but the 
father knows best the aberrations of his children, know what I mean?

Instead, I invite each and every vim user to write syntax highlighting 
files for the preprocessor languages, namely tbl, eqn, pic, grap, grn, etc. 
that I can later integrate into the t/groff syntax file. I am even willing 
to take over maintenance, but only after the fact ;-)


[1] Install vim, vim 6.2e preferably, in your home directory crate a 
directory called ".vim/syntax" anc copy the nroff.vim file. Create a .vimrc 
file that contains the following:

"""
set nocp
source $VIMRUNTIME/vimrc_example.vim
"""

This will enable all the fancy features.