AutoHotkey Community

[dirk]

Hi there,

I am missing syntax highlighting for Autohotkey
in my favorite texteditor VIM.

Perhaps anyone can help ?

thanks
d i r k

[ranomore]

It's really a three-step process:
1) there is a command list in your Program Files\AutoHotkey directory. That is your source file (updated with each release, I think);
2) Look for an example syntax file in your VIM directory, and learn how it works;
3) Write an AHK script that converts the AHK command list to a VIM syntax file.

4) Post your excellent work!

I know that's more than three steps

[toralf_as_guest]

HI,

Instead of writting your own script that does the conversion you can also look at other scripts that do the thing for other editors. E.g. the one from Rajat (for PSPad if I'm not mistaken, it comes with AHK) or from Tekl or me (toralf) (both for UltraEdit, search forum for UltarEdit).
Just alter the sections where the syntax of VM kicks in.

[Guest]

Thanks,

I didn't think of Step 3 (conversion script) - good Idea.

I'll give it a try.


But, I'm absolute beginner to AutoHotkey
and have no knowledge to VIM-syntaxhighlighting so far....


d i r k

[jonny]

I forgot the exact name, but I think the help file ":syn-file" is what you're looking for. Not sure, haven't used it in a while.

[Guest]

There is a syntax file for autoit and it may be similar in some respects to autohotkey. Maybe you can just tweak it.

Here is the link -> http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=968

[e2e4]

I did try this one, but no success.

[ranomore]

I dunno. The way VIM highlights looks a lot more complex than how, say, EditPlus highlights. What would you get if you were to search for au3 and replace it with ahk throughout the file?

[jonny]

An AutoIt3 file would do you about as much good as a Perl file. You're thinking of AutoIt2, which is what AHK is based on. Neither AU2 nor AHK bear any resemblance to AutoIt3 syntax.

[savage]

VIM syntax highlighting is complicated, but much more powerful than any syntax highlighting engine I've ever seen (save emacs I guess). I haven't got a clue how it works though :p. I'm still a beginner to VIM and don't really know any of the scripting side of it.

[ranomore]

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