[OpenIndiana-discuss] VIM 9: lost shell (read bash) syntax

[Udo Grabowski (IMK)]

On 20/02/2023 17:05, Predrag Zecevic wrote:
> On 20.02.2023 16:53, Udo Grabowski (IMK) wrote:
>> On 20/02/2023 16:49, Udo Grabowski (IMK) wrote:
>>> On 20/02/2023 16:20, Predrag Zecevic via openindiana-discuss wrote:
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> does anyone has nice .vimrc, which still obey syntax coloring? Especially for
>>>> bash...
>>>>
>>>> Recently, vim was upgrade from version 8 to 9:
>>>>
>>>> :; pkg list *editor/vim*
>>>> NAME (PUBLISHER) VERSION                    IFO
>>>> editor/vim 9.0.1300-2023.0.0.0        i--
>>>> editor/vim/vim-core 9.0.1300-2023.0.0.0        i--
>>>>
>>>> Since then, bash syntax coloring is not working with neither .vimrc (old one,
>>>> and modified one). Or w/o .vimrc.
>>>> Previously, that syntax highlighting could help a lot, when entering shell
>>>> commands to point to the syntax error.
>>>>
>>>> Now, it is completely useless...
>>>>
>>>> Any thoughts? Anyone still uses it?
>>>
>>> No problem here, with .vimrc
>>>
>>> set encoding=utf-8
>>> set term=xterm-color
>>> syntax enable
>>>
>>> everything highlights fine, even bash scripts.
>>>
>>
>> You may also need this (one line) :
>> autocmd Syntax * exec("set
>> dict+=".$VIMRUNTIME."/syntax/".expand('<amatch>').".vim")
>>
> Thanks,
>
> ---8<------
> :; cat ~/.vim/vimrc
> set encoding=utf-8
> set term=xterm-color
> syntax enable
>
> autocmd Syntax * exec("set
> dict+=".$VIMRUNTIME."/syntax/".expand('<amatch>').".vim")
> ---8<------
>
> and still no luck (tried from within *tmux* session and from pure bash shell).
> Same version from Ubuntu 22.04 (I had to install it from PPA repo) shows test
> bash file properly.
>
> So, it could be something on my machine.
> The problem is I have no clue where to start.

Oh, there is definitely a problem with the bash hilighter, when
adding or deleting the 2nd line (blank) the colors change and
show the same effect you see.
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