custom syntax file in Vim

Basic information for making your own syntax file:

• Learn Vimscript the Hard Way
  41. Creating a Full Plugin
  42. Plugin Layout in the Dark Ages
  43. A New Hope: Plugin Layout with Pathogen
  44. Detecting Filetypes
  45. Basic Syntax Highlighting
  46. Advanced Syntax Highlighting
  47. Even More Advanced Syntax Highlighting
  48. Basic Folding
  49. Advanced Folding
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The official vim documentation:

• syntax.txt
  • syn-region
  • syn-include
• usr_06.txt — an introduction to syntax highlighting
• usr_44.txt — create your own syntax file

more than one syntax in one file

The SyntaxRange vim plugin looks really cool!

(more background by other authors: [1] [2] )

Some other ways to accomplish the same thing:

• Vim's built-in syn-include or syn-region
• neovim's treesitter [1] [▶2] [3] [4]