This is a mirror of http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=3265 This plugin was initially created for codeblock_dark color theme (vimscript #3266) to highlight operators (+ - / * = <> () and others) in C-like languages. Why it's needed? Well, by default vim doesn't do that. After switching from Code::Block to vim I got really missed it. Then the plugin grew into something bigger. I started to use it to unify overal syntax highlighting for C-like languages. Screenshots: before http://www.vlasov.me/cSyntaxAfter-without.png after http://www.vlasov.me/cSyntaxAfter-with.png There are two ways to enable the plugin: 1. If you want to use CSyntaxAfter highlighting as is, put this into your .vimrc: autocmd! FileType c,cpp,java,php call CSyntaxAfter() 2. If you also want to extend the highlighting or add other C-like languages support (Java, Go etc), create a corresponding <filetype>.vim file in .vim/after/syntax/ and call CSyntaxAfter() from there instead. WARNING: For same file type use either option (1.) or (2.), basically avoid calling CSyntaxAfter() more than once. For example, to distinguish "++" and "--" operator from "+" and "-" in C and C++, remove "c" and "cpp" from autocmd above and instead create .vim/after/syntax/c.vim with (cpp syntax is based on c): if exists("*CSyntaxAfter") call CSyntaxAfter() endif syntax match longOperators "++\|--" hi longOperators guifg=green guibg=red