Maven Syntax Plugin for Vim

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This plugin provides Apache Maven syntax highlighting on top of XML.

Installation

Copy syntax and ftdetect folders into your ~/.vim/ (or vimfiles/ on Windows)

Or simply use a plugin manager like Vundle (recommended for easy :PluginUpdate):

Plugin 'NLKNguyen/vim-maven-syntax'

Usage

Manually: :set filetype=xml.maven

Automatically: pom.xml file is detected to automatically set the filetype as above.

Contribution

The syntax/maven.vim file is auto generated by a small Node.js script (generate-syntax-file.js) based on the syntax mapping rules declared in a YAML config file (syntax_mapping.yml)

Adding or changing the list of Maven tag names can be done simply by modifying the YAML file then rerunning the Node.js script to generate a new syntax file.

Build Instruction

Install dependencies with Node.js Package Manager:

$ npm install

After modifying the YAML file, run this to generate a new syntax file:

$ node generate-syntax-file.js

More information

Story behind the project: Maven Syntax Highlighting Plugin for Vim

Suggestions/Wishes/Questions/Comments are welcome via Github issues or via the blog above.