To all syntax file maintainers: examples needed

[Bram Moolenaar]

The plan is to include a new regexp engine in Vim 7.4. For testing
I would like to get a lot of files for which we have syntax
highlighting. I can then compare the highlighting of these files with
the old and the new engine to find anything that is not compatible.

Please send me a file that exercises most regexp patterns in the syntax
file. It doesn't need to be long, but it should be a complex example of
the language. Send it as an attachment to avoid the white space being
messed up by the mail system.

I would prefer one file per syntax, but it must be valid syntax. If one
file is problematic (e.g., you can't concatenate small files without
making it invalid), then a few files would be OK. A rough goal would be
1000 lines.

At some later point we might also want to do performance measurements.
Although I already have a few "bad" examples for that.

IMPORTANT: I will distribute the collection of files, so that others can
reproduce problems, do performance measurements, etc. Make sure your
file has a copyright that permits this. Don't reveal any secrets,
patents, trademarks, etc. A line stating that the Vim license applies
should be sufficient.

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[ZyX]

Note: currently my syntax file cannot handle all what is there correctly, neither can indentation script. I will eventually send patches for both of them.

[Rob Hoelz]

Here's a post I made on the general mailing list:

https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/vim_use/QU7mW9RWnLc

If you comment out the set regexpengine statement, it breaks the folding entirely.

-Rob

[Bram Moolenaar]

Rob Hoelz wrote:

> Here's a post I made on the general mailing list:
>
> https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/vim_use/QU7mW9RWnLc
>
> If you comment out the set regexpengine statement, it breaks the
> folding entirely.

I'm only testing with the actual syntax highlighting.
If you see a particular pattern that's not working, please make an
example in this form:

echo matchlist("t", '\%#=1ú\Z')
echo matchlist("t", '\%#=2ú\Z')

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