reload syntax file without restarting vim

[cyboman]

sometimes i need to make modifications to the syntax file but in order
for changes to take effect i need to restart vim. is it possible for
changes to take effect without a restart? does anybody know how to do
it?

any help is appreciated

[Tony Mechelynck]

Depending on exactly what you want to do, one of the following should work:

:syntax enable

:syntax on

:syntax off | syntax on

see :help :syn-qstart

Best regards,
Tony.
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[Ben Fritz]

On Sep 9, 3:55 pm, Tony Mechelynck <antoine.mechely...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> On 09/09/11 22:26, cyboman wrote:
>
> > sometimes i need to make modifications to the syntax file but in order
> > for changes to take effect i need to restart vim. is it possible for
> > changes to take effect without a restart? does anybody know how to do
> > it?
>
> > any help is appreciated
>
> Depending on exactly what you want to do, one of the following should work:
>
>         :syntax enable
>
>         :syntax on
>
>         :syntax off | syntax on
>
> see :help :syn-qstart
>

I'm also fond of:

:doautocmd Syntax

[Andy Wokula]

Should be quite simple:
Either reload the file

:e

or explicitly set the syntax (given your filetype is named "gobo")

:set syn=gobo

Doesn't that work? Or do it even "more manually":

:syn clear
:source {somepath}/syntax/gobo.vim

The latter requires that all syntax definitions are in one file.

If you're editing {somepath}/after/syntax/gobo.vim then at least two
files need to be sourced (the original and the "after" syntax file):

:syn clear
:runtime! syntax/gobo.vim

Hint: The :runtime command doesn't complain if it can't find any files.
Try :verb runtime! syntax/gobo.vim to get a message in that case.

In the help:

:h 'syn
:h :syn-clear
:h after
...

--
Andy