rwxrob / vim-pandoc-syntax-simple

Pandoc Markdown Vim syntax highlighting with more reasonable defaults and addition of smart quotes and other smart punctuation.

Vim Syntax for Simplified Pandoc

The vim-pandoc-simple-syntax standalone Pandoc syntax module is a fork from the vim-pandoc/vim-pandoc-syntax:

• Corrects faults in highlighting and smart punctuation
• Adds opinionated color settings
• Removes many confusing default conceals
• Removes (and flags) common departures from Simplified Pandoc

Requirements

• A vim version with +conceal
• vim-pandoc, to set the pandoc filetype (otherwise you'll have to set it up yourself).

Installation

Add something like the following to your .vimrc after installing the Plug Vim package manager (all the others are rather dated and don't allow storing plugins separated):

call plug#begin('~/.vimplugins')
Plug 'vim-pandoc/vim-pandoc'
Plug 'rwxrob/vim-pandoc-syntax-simple'
call plug#end()

Standalone

If you want to use vim-pandoc-syntax without vim-pandoc, you'll need to tell Vim to load it for certain files. Just add something like this to your vimrc:

augroup pandoc_syntax
  au! BufNewFile,BufFilePre,BufRead *.md set filetype=markdown.pandoc
augroup END

Features

• Supports most (if not all) Pandoc's markdown features, including tables, delimited codeblocks, references, etc.

• Can handle multiple embedded languages (LaTeX, YAML headers, many languages in delimited codeblocks). Some commands are provided to help with this (see :help pandoc-syntax-commands)

• Pretty display using conceal (optional).

• Configurable (see :help pandoc-syntax-configuration for an overview of the options).

TODO

• Add back screenshots (from imgur to keep plugin light).
• Correct syntax highlighting of Pandoc Tables.
• Consider adding themes for better color customization.
• Add ellipsis smart punctuation from list context.
• Correct en-dash and em-dash missing contexts.
• Other stuff ...

Attribution

Originally based on the vim-pandoc-syntax.