" Highlighting literate directives in C++ sources. function! HighlightTangledFile() if &ft == "" set ft=cpp endif set comments-=:// set comments-=n:// set comments+=n://:,n:// set isk+=- syntax region tangleDirective start=+:(+ skip=+".*"+ end=+)+ highlight link tangleDirective Delimiter syntax region traceContains start="^+" end="$" highlight traceContains ctermfg=darkgreen syntax region traceAbsent start="^-" end="$" highlight traceAbsent ctermfg=darkred " Our C++ files can have mu code in scenarios, so highlight mu comments like " regular comments. syntax match muComment /#.*$/ | highlight link muComment Comment syntax match muSalientComment /##.*$/ | highlight link muSalientComment SalientComment syntax match muCommentedCode /#? .*$/ | highlight link muCommentedCode CommentedCode " Tangled comments only make sense in the sources and are stripped out of " the generated .cc file. They're highlighted same as regular comments. syntax match tangledComment /\/\/:.*/ | highlight link tangledComment Comment syntax match tangledSalientComment /\/\/::.*/ | highlight link tangledSalientComment SalientComment endfunction call HighlightTangledFile() autocmd BufRead,BufNewFile *.mu set ft=mu autocmd BufRead,BufNewFile 0* call HighlightTangledFile()