Vim syntax patch
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How to make a syntax patch for vim, by which I mean you can build some sugar on top of an already syntax-highlighted file format. I patched this onto YAML, and the trick is to stick it in ~/.vim/after/syntax/yaml.vim so it gets loaded last.
It looks like this: https://imgur.com/g3xX6lr
if matchstr(bufname("%"), "25-fw-names") != "" syn region A start=/- [adr]=[0-9]/ end=/^/ contains=C,E,D syn match C /[a-z]\+\ze=/ contained syn match D /=\zs[^=]\+\ze / contained syn match E /=\zs[^=]\+\ze$/ contained hi def link C Type hi def link D Keyword hi def link E Constant endif