Syntax highlighting of code blocks

Code taken from https://github.com/xolox/vim-notes

Has to be in plugin/mkd.vim, or the initial BufReadPost event doesn’t
get fired. I don’t know why.

diff --git a/plugin/mkd.vim b/plugin/mkd.vim
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..50bf9a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugin/mkd.vim
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+" Completely stolen from vim-notes - http://peterodding.com/code/vim/notes/
+function! s:Markdown_highlight_sources(force)
+    " Syntax highlight source code embedded in notes.
+    " Look for code blocks in the current file
+    let filetypes = {}
+    for line in getline(1, '$')
+        let ft = matchstr(line, '```\zs\w\+\>')
+        if ft !~ '^\d*$' | let filetypes[ft] = 1 | endif
+    endfor
+    " Don't refresh the highlighting if nothing has changed.
+    if !a:force && exists('b:mkd_previous_sources') && b:mkd_previous_sources == filetypes
+        return
+    else
+        let b:mkd_previous_sources = filetypes
+    endif
+    " Now we're ready to actually highlight the code blocks.
+    if !empty(filetypes)
+        let startgroup = 'mkdCodeStart'
+        let endgroup = 'mkdCodeEnd'
+        for ft in keys(filetypes)
+            let group = 'mkdSnippet' . toupper(ft)
+            let include = s:syntax_include(ft)
+            let command = 'syntax region %s matchgroup=%s start="^```%s$" matchgroup=%s end="^```$" keepend contains=%s%s'
+            execute printf(command, group, startgroup, ft, endgroup, include, has('conceal') ? ' concealends' : '')
+            execute printf('syntax cluster mkdNonListItem add=%s', group)
+        endfor
+    endif
+endfunction
+
+function! s:syntax_include(filetype)
+    " Include the syntax highlighting of another {filetype}.
+    let grouplistname = '@' . toupper(a:filetype)
+    " Unset the name of the current syntax while including the other syntax
+    " because some syntax scripts do nothing when "b:current_syntax" is set
+    if exists('b:current_syntax')
+        let syntax_save = b:current_syntax
+        unlet b:current_syntax
+    endif
+    try
+        execute 'syntax include' grouplistname 'syntax/' . a:filetype . '.vim'
+        execute 'syntax include' grouplistname 'after/syntax/' . a:filetype . '.vim'
+    catch /E484/
+        " Ignore missing scripts
+    endtry
+    " Restore the name of the current syntax
+    if exists('syntax_save')
+        let b:current_syntax = syntax_save
+    elseif exists('b:current_syntax')
+        unlet b:current_syntax
+    endif
+    return grouplistname
+endfunction
+
+
+function! s:Markdown_refresh_syntax()
+    if &filetype == 'mkd' && line('$') > 1
+        call s:Markdown_highlight_sources(0)
+    endif
+endfunction
+
+augroup Mkd
+    autocmd!
+    au BufReadPost * call s:Markdown_refresh_syntax()
+    au BufReadPost,BufWritePost * call s:Markdown_refresh_syntax()
+    au InsertEnter,InsertLeave * call s:Markdown_refresh_syntax()
+    au CursorHold,CursorHoldI * call s:Markdown_refresh_syntax()
+augroup END
+

diff --git a/syntax/markdown.vim b/syntax/markdown.vim
index 035199b078d7ecef824a136f7eaebbfab5c53805..7244cb5afe9948d5e4383856dc51a915c8026f9e 100644 (file)
--- a/syntax/markdown.vim
+++ b/syntax/markdown.vim
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ syn region mkdCode         start=/\s*``[^`]*/              end=/[^`]*``\s*/
 syn region mkdCode         start=/^\s*```\s*[0-9A-Za-z_+-]*\s*$/          end=/^\s*```\s*$/
 syn region mkdCode         start=/\s*\~\~[^\~]*/              end=/[^\~]*\~\~\s*/
 syn region mkdCode         start=/^\s*\~\~\~\s*[0-9A-Za-z_+-]*\s*$/          end=/^\s*\~\~\~\s*$/
+syn match  mkdCodeStart    /^```\w*$/
+syn match  mkdCodeEnd      /^```$/
 syn region mkdCode         start="<pre[^>]*>"              end="</pre>"
 syn region mkdCode         start="<code[^>]*>"             end="</code>"
 syn region mkdFootnote     start="\[^"                     end="\]"
@@ -110,7 +112,7 @@ if get(g:, 'vim_markdown_math', 0)
   syn region mkdMath matchgroup=mkdDelimiter start="\\\@<!\$\$" end="\$\$" contains=@tex
 endif
 
-syn cluster mkdNonListItem contains=@htmlTop,htmlItalic,htmlBold,htmlBoldItalic,mkdFootnotes,mkdInlineURL,mkdLink,mkdLinkDef,mkdLineBreak,mkdBlockquote,mkdCode,mkdListItem,mkdRule,htmlH1,htmlH2,htmlH3,htmlH4,htmlH5,htmlH6,mkdMath
+syn cluster mkdNonListItem contains=@htmlTop,htmlItalic,htmlBold,htmlBoldItalic,mkdFootnotes,mkdInlineURL,mkdLink,mkdLinkDef,mkdLineBreak,mkdBlockquote,mkdCode,mkdListItem,mkdRule,htmlH1,htmlH2,htmlH3,htmlH4,htmlH5,htmlH6,mkdMath,mkdCodeStart,mkdCodeEnd
 
 "highlighting for Markdown groups
 HtmlHiLink mkdString        String