[vim/vim] Opening help file for editing will lose syntax highlith also in the help buffer (Issue #19968)
antoniopaolini
antoniopaolini created an issue (vim/vim#19968)Steps to reproduce
I have a plugin I wrote myself, installed via Pathogen in the ‘bundle’ folder.
When I start editing the help file, I see it as a text file, which is as it should be.
But if I open the help in a split window and go to open this help item, I see that the syntax is set to text for both windows.
If I go back to the help index or in another help item the syntax is correcttly set on "help".
See attached screencast.
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/6da90a92-5465-4153-b896-fa0f3d206792
Addendum: If I open another buffer with :enew and then go to my help item, if I go back at the previous buffer (:1b) the syntax is help for both windows.
Expected behaviour
I expected that in the editing window the syntax was text and in the help window the syntax was help.
Version of Vim
9.2.173
Environment
OS: Windows 11
Logs and stack traces
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antoniopaolini
antoniopaolini left a comment (vim/vim#19968)UPDATE: I even tried to open a different file with same name (I made a copy in another location) and then the help file.. In this case the different files have different syntax enabled.
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Christian Brabandt
chrisbra left a comment (vim/vim#19968)do you by any chance use ft=help in a modeline in your custom file?
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antoniopaolini
antoniopaolini left a comment (vim/vim#19968)do you by any chance use
ft=helpin a modeline in your custom file?
No, there's no modeline in my file. If it could help I can attach my file.
I think that issue is related to opening same file in the same buffer, but in my opinion it should be possible because first I open the file in order to edit (and I want to see it as text file) but if I open in another windows the help and I go to this file/item i want to see it as help.
I did another try. As in the first procedure I open the file and it is seen as a text file. Then I open the help and whet I go in the item the syntax in the help window became "text", exactly as in my first message.
But if I do :set ft=help instead of the :set syn=help I see that both file syntax became help and both filetype became help but only in the help window the file will be reformatted as a real help file (I see, for example in row 15 and 16, that the "`" character disappear and my vertical row became aligned).
Tell me if it would be useful another screencast.
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