java keyword syntax highlighting

[chardson]

I'm trying to figure out why there's a discrepancy between syntax
highlighting between my two setups:

· OS 10.6, MacVim 7.2 stable 1.2
· Ubuntu 9.04, Vim 7.2.079

A while ago I moved my .bashrc, .vimrc, and .vim/ to a git repository
shared on both machines. They are both at the same version and I've
ensured that none of the files are missing from the repository.
My .vimrc contains the following:

syntax on
set hlsearch
set number "line numbers
set bsdir=last "last accessed directory is default working
directory
set showmatch "shows cursor after completing a bracket
set guifont=DejaVu\ Sans\ Mono:h10.00
colorscheme molokai
set mouse=a
set so=7
let java_highlight_java_lang_ids=1
set smarttab
set ts=4 "tabstop in spaces
set sts=4 "soft tab stop (typically for insert mode)
set sw=4 "shift width (no of spaces for auto
indentation)
set expandtab "spaces, never tab characters
set cindent "auto C indentation
set cinoptions=l1,(0,u0,j1
set tags+=~/.vim/ctagsdb

My .gvimrc is the only file unique to MacVim and it only specifies a
font and a tab preference.

You can see the contents of my .vim/ directory at this link:
http://i.imgur.com/By16y.png

Does anyone have any idea why keywords like "public", "class", and
"this" are not being highlighted on the Ubuntu machine? It's driving
me a bit nuts. I've searched Topeka (heh, April 1...), but I'm just
getting basic howtos

Thanks sincerely
chardson

[Benjamin R. Haskell]

On Thu, 1 Apr 2010, chardson wrote:

> I'm trying to figure out why there's a discrepancy between syntax
> highlighting between my two setups:
>
> · OS 10.6, MacVim 7.2 stable 1.2
> · Ubuntu 9.04, Vim 7.2.079
>
> A while ago I moved my .bashrc, .vimrc, and .vim/ to a git repository
> shared on both machines. They are both at the same version and I've
> ensured that none of the files are missing from the repository.

See the recent vim_use thread about Java syntax highlighting:

Why is "template" highlighted in Java code

(OT: Maybe you didn't find it because you topeka'ed it on AltaVista?)

If I'm not mistaken (big 'if' on this one), Ubuntu uses Debian for its
upstream sources, and it sounds like there was a Debian packaging error
that caused an odd version of syntax/java.vim to be included.

Workaround for that problem would be to explicitly add:

let java_allow_cpp_keywords=1
(or 0, according to preference)

(Though I thought the issue would only affect C++ keywords...
Maybe there are other differences in the mispackaged version?)

--
Best,
Ben

[chardson]

I've tried setting all of the following evs to 1, but it didn't
help.
java_allow_cpp_keywords
java_highlight_all
java_highlight_java_lang_ids

I also diff'd the three syntax/java.vim files from my mac with the one
on my ubuntu machine, but they are all exactly the same.
/Applications/Contents/Resources/vim/runtime/syntax/java.vim
/Applications/MacVim.app/Contents/Resources/vim/runtime/syntax/
java.vim
/usr/share/vim/vim72/syntax/java.vim

I might try diff'ing all the syntax files and get back to you

[Benjamin R. Haskell]

[reversing the top-posting]

On Mon, 5 Apr 2010, chardson wrote:

> On Apr 1, 5:10 pm, "Benjamin R. Haskell" wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 1 Apr 2010, chardson wrote:
> >
> > > I'm trying to figure out why there's a discrepancy between syntax
> > > highlighting between my two setups:
> >
> > >      · OS 10.6, MacVim 7.2 stable 1.2
> > >      · Ubuntu 9.04, Vim 7.2.079

> > > [...]

> >
> > See the recent vim_use thread about Java syntax highlighting:
> >

> > [...]

> >
> > Workaround for that problem would be to explicitly add:
> >
> > let java_allow_cpp_keywords=1
> > (or 0, according to preference)
> >
> > (Though I thought the issue would only affect C++ keywords...
> > Maybe there are other differences in the mispackaged version?)
> >
>

> I've tried setting all of the following evs to 1, but it didn't
> help.
> java_allow_cpp_keywords
> java_highlight_all
> java_highlight_java_lang_ids

You might also try explicitly setting those to 0. Perhaps a system-wide
vimrc is setting them on one platform but not the other? And the old
behavior was to default java_allow_cpp_keywords to 1 unless it was
defined.

> I also diff'd the three syntax/java.vim files from my mac with the one
> on my ubuntu machine, but they are all exactly the same.
> /Applications/Contents/Resources/vim/runtime/syntax/java.vim
> /Applications/MacVim.app/Contents/Resources/vim/runtime/syntax/
> java.vim
> /usr/share/vim/vim72/syntax/java.vim
>
> I might try diff'ing all the syntax files and get back to you

Perhaps diffing (the equivalent of) /etc/vim/vimrc between the two
systems would also help.

--
Best,
Ben

[Matt Wozniski]

On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 6:26 PM, chardson wrote:
> I've tried setting all of the following evs to 1, but it didn't
> help.
>   java_allow_cpp_keywords
>   java_highlight_all
>   java_highlight_java_lang_ids

By "evs", did you mean "environment variables"? Those aren't
environment variables, they're vim-internal variables - you set them
with

let java_allow_cpp_keywords = 1

in your vimrc. Of course, if you knew that already, nevermind. :)

~Matt