Create Your Own Syntax Highlighting in Vim

In text editors like Vim, syntax highlighting is the feature that shows defined components in different colors depending on their functions in the file. Vim has code syntax highlighting already available for a huge array of programming languages, and most of them are installed by default, so in most cases you can just open up your source code files and see different parts appropriately color-coded. But what if you’re using a little-known language that doesn’t have a preinstalled syntax file or want to create syntax highlighting from scratch? This tutorial shows how easy and even fun it is to write your own syntax highlighting rules for Vim.