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Lua LPeg lexers for vis
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Vis reuses the [Lua](http://www.lua.org/) [LPeg](http://www.inf.puc-rio.br/~roberto/lpeg/)
based lexers from the [Scintillua](http://foicica.com/scintillua/) project.
# Vis integration
Vis searches the lexers in the following locations:
* `$VIS_PATH/lexers`
* `$HOME/.vis/lexers`
* `/usr/local/share/vis/lexers`
* `/usr/share/vis/lexers`
* `package.path` (standard lua search path)
at runtime a specific lexer can be loded by means of `:set syntax <name>`
where `<name>` corresponds to the filename without the `.lua` extension.
# Adding new lexers
To add a new lexer, start with the `template.txt` found in this directory
or a lexer of a similiar language. Read the
[lexer module documentation](http://foicica.com/scintillua/api.html#lexer).
The [LPeg](http://www.inf.puc-rio.br/~roberto/lpeg/) introduction might also
be useful.
For development purposes it is recommended to test the lexers from a lua
script as described in the
[Scintillua manual](http://foicica.com/scintillua/manual.html#Using.Scintillua.as.a.Lua.Library).
To enable auto syntax highlighting when opening a file you can associate your
new lexer with a set of file extensions by adding a corresponding entry into
the table found at the end of the [lexer.lua](lexer.lua) file.
Changes to existing lexers should also be sent upstream for consideration.
# Color Themes
The `themes` sub directory contains the color schemes. At startup the
`default.lua` theme which should be a symlink to your prefered style is
used. Themes can be changed at runtime via the `:set theme <name>`
command where `<name>` does not include the `.lua` file extension.
# Dependencies
* [Lua](http://www.lua.org/) 5.1 or greater
* [LPeg](http://www.inf.puc-rio.br/~roberto/lpeg/) 0.12 or greater
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