https://github.com/bfrg/vim-c-cpp-modern

Extended Vim syntax highlighting for C and C++ (C++11/14/17/20/23)
https://github.com/bfrg/vim-c-cpp-modern

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Extended Vim syntax highlighting for C and C++ (C++11/14/17/20/23)

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/bfrg/vim-c-cpp-modern
• Owner: bfrg
• Created: 2016-10-12T04:34:27.000Z (about 8 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-10-05T10:44:45.000Z (about 1 month ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-16T08:59:50.068Z (21 days ago)
• Topics: cpp, cpp11, cpp14, cpp17, cpp20, cpp23, highlighting, syntax, vim
• Language: Vim Script
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• Size: 99.6 KB
• Stars: 563
• Watchers: 14
• Forks: 37
• Open Issues: 2
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  • Readme: README.md

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README

        
# vim-c-cpp-modern: Enhanced C and C++ syntax highlighting

Keyword and regex-based syntax highlighting for C and C++11/14/17/20/23 in Vim.

The syntax files provide highlighting of:

- Common ANSI C keywords

- C++ Standard Library namespaces, types, helper types, helper template

  variables, and constants

- C++11 [attributes][attributes]

- Latest C++ language features like [coroutines][coroutines] and

  [concepts][concepts]

- Function and function pointer declarations, and function calls (basically all

  words followed by an opening parenthesis)

- Optionally a simpler (less colorful) highlighting of standard C and C++

  keywords

![screenshot][screenshot]

**left:** default `cpp.vim` syntax file, **right:** this plugin

## Difference to vim-cpp-enhanced-highlight

Both syntax files are based on [vim-cpp-enhanced-highlight][octol] with the

following modifications:

- The C++ keywords `virtual`, `override`, `final`, `inline`, `explicit` and

  `export` are standard C++ statements and **not** types and are therefore

  highlighted using the highlight group `Statement`.

- Highlighting of library functions is purely regex-based.

- User-defined function templates and class/struct members are not highlighted.

  Their regex'es are too complicated and slow, and fail too often.

## Optional features

```vim

" Disable function highlighting (affects both C and C++ files)

let g:cpp_function_highlight = 0

" Enable highlighting of C++11 attributes

let g:cpp_attributes_highlight = 1

" Highlight struct/class member variables (affects both C and C++ files)

let g:cpp_member_highlight = 1

" Disable highlighting of type names in class, struct, union, enum, using, and

" concept declarations (affects both C and C++ files)

let g:cpp_type_name_highlight = 0

" Highlight operators (affects both C and C++ files)

let g:cpp_operator_highlight = 1

" Put all standard C and C++ keywords under Vim's highlight group 'Statement'

" (affects both C and C++ files)

let g:cpp_simple_highlight = 1

```

The last option changes the highlighting of the following keywords:

- C: `static`, `register`, `auto`, `volatile`, `extern`, `const`, `inline`,

  `__attribute__`, `restrict`, `alignas`, `alignof`, `static_assert`,

  `noreturn`, `thread_local`, `struct`, `union`, `enum`, `case`, `default`

- C++: `class`, `typename`, `template`, `namespace`, `concept`, `mutable`,

  `constexpr` `decltype`, `consteval`, `constinit`

## Installation

```bash

$ cd ~/.vim/pack/git-plugins/start

$ git clone https://github.com/bfrg/vim-c-cpp-modern

```

**Note:** The directory name `git-plugins` is arbitrary, you can pick any other

name. For more details see `:help packages`.

## License

Distributed under the same terms as Vim itself. See `:help license`.

[cppreference]: https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/language/coroutines

[octol]: https://github.com/octol/vim-cpp-enhanced-highlight

[attributes]: https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/language/attributes

[coroutines]: https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/language/coroutines

[concepts]: https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/concepts

[screenshot]: https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/4c61580e-203b-4a78-b7cf-2b34702640f0