path: root/doc/gentoo-syntax.txt

*gentoo-syntax.txt*	Gentoo Syntax Plugin

Authors:  Ciaran McCreesh <ciaranm at gentoo dot org>
          Aaron Walker    <ka0ttic at gentoo dot org>
          Tom Martin      <slarti  at gentoo dot org>
          Elfyn McBratney <beu     at gentoo dot org>
          Mike Kelly      <pioto   at gentoo dot org>

==============================================================================
1. Contents						       *gentoo-syntax*

    1. Contents                                            |gentoo-syntax|

    2. Plugin Information                         |gentoo-syntax-overview|
	Detection Specifics                      |gentoo-syntax-detection|
	Highlighting Specifics                |gentoo-syntax-highlighting|
	    Common Syntax Rules                     |gentoo-common-syntax|
	    Ebuild and Eclass Files                 |gentoo-ebuild-syntax|
	    GLEP Files                                |gentoo-glep-syntax|
	    ChangeLogs                           |gentoo-changelog-syntax|
	    conf.d Files                            |gentoo-conf.d-syntax|
	    cron.d Files                            |gentoo-cron.d-syntax|
	    env.d Files                              |gentoo-env.d-syntax|
	    GuideXML Syntax                       |gentoo-guidexml-syntax|
	    init.d Files                            |gentoo-init.d-syntax|
	    make.conf Files                      |gentoo-make-conf-syntax|
	    metadata.xml Files                    |gentoo-metadata-syntax|
	    package.(un)mask                  |gentoo-package-mask-syntax|
	    package.keywords              |gentoo-package-keywords-syntax|
	    package.use                        |gentoo-package-use-syntax|
	    thirdpartymirrors                      |gentoo-mirrors-syntax|
	    use.desc, use.local.desc              |gentoo-use-desc-syntax|
	Settings Specifics                        |gentoo-syntax-settings|
	Indent Specifics                          |gentoo-indent-settings|
	Bug Summary                                          |:BugSummary|
	New conf.d Files                                      |new-conf.d|
	New Ebuilds                                          |new-ebuilds|
	New init.d Files                                      |new-init.d|
	New Metadata                                        |new-metadata|

    3. ChangeLog                                 |gentoo-syntax-changelog|

==============================================================================
2. Plugin Information				      *gentoo-syntax-overview*

	The gentoo-syntax package provides a collection of syntax, ftdetect,
	ftplugin and indent files to help Gentoo developers and users work
	with ebuilds, eclasses, GLEPs, Gentoo style ChangeLogs, init.d /
	conf.d / env.d / cron.d entries, /etc/portage/ files and so on.

    Detection Specifics				     *gentoo-syntax-detection*

	Ebuilds are detected by an 'ebuild' extension. Eclasses are detected
	by an 'eclass' extension. Both ebuild and eclass files are assigned
	the 'ebuild' filetype.

	GLEP files are detected by a 'txt' extension, followed by a check that
	the first line of the file starts with "GLEP: ". They are assigned the
	'glep' filetype.

	Gentoo ChangeLogs are detected by the 'ChangeLog' filename and a
	copyright header on the second line.

	init.d scripts are detected by being in /etc/init.d/ . They are also
	detected if they are under a files/ directory and include a
	'#!/sbin/runscript' header.

	conf.d, env.d and cron.d files are detected by being in the relevant
	subdirectory in /etc.

	package.mask, package.unmask, package.keywords, package.use and
	thirdpartymirrors files are detected by filename.

	make.conf files are detected by filename (make.globals is also
	recognised).

	metadata.xml files are detected by filename.

	use.desc files are detected by filename (use.local.desc is also
	recognised).

    Highlighting Specifics			  *gentoo-syntax-highlighting*

	Syntax highlighting is provided for ebuild/eclass, GLEP files,
	Gentoo ChangeLogs and init.d / conf.d / env.d / cron.d scripts.

							*gentoo-common-syntax*

	Many of the syntax files are based upon gentoo-common.vim, which
	provides basic syntax highlighting for header blocks and bug numbers.

							*gentoo-ebuild-syntax*

	The ebuild/eclass syntax file builds upon the vim-provided |sh.vim|
	and adds in highlighting for:
	    * ebuild.sh / portage keywords
	    * functions from commonly used eclasses (eutils, flag-o-matic,
	      gcc, libtool, fixheadtails, webapp, webapp-apache, versionator,
	      cvs, fdo-mime, multilib, 64-bit, cron, games, toolchain-funcs,
	      subversion, alternatives, rpm, python, check-kernel,
	      perl-module, distutils)
	    * common mistakes (assigning to read-only variables, misspellings,
	      leading non-tab spaces, default WORKDIR assignment)

				       *g:ebuild_error_on_trailing_whitespace*
	Error highlighting for trailing whitespace is available but disabled
	by default. To turn it on, add:
>
	    let g:ebuild_error_on_trailing_whitespace=1
<
	to your |vimrc| file.

							  *gentoo-glep-syntax*

	Syntax highlighting for GLEP files is based upon the vim-provided rst
	syntax file. Additional highlighting is available for the headers at
	the top of the file and for heading sections.

						     *gentoo-changelog-syntax*

	Syntax highlighting for Gentoo ChangeLogs is implemented from scratch
	(some rules come from |gentoo-common-syntax|).

							*gentoo-conf.d-syntax*

	Syntax highlighting for conf.d files is based upon the vim-provided
	|sh.vim|, with additional support for certain Gentooisms (some rules
	come from |gentoo-common-syntax|).

							*gentoo-cron.d-syntax*

	Syntax highlighting for cron.d entries uses the vim-provided
	crontab.vim file.

							 *gentoo-env.d-syntax*

	Syntax highlighting for env.d files is based upon the vim-provided
	|sh.vim|, with additional support for certain Gentooisms (some rules
	come from |gentoo-common-syntax|).

						      *gentoo-guidexml-syntax*

	Syntax highlighting for guidexml files is based upon the vim-provided
	|xml.vim|.

							*gentoo-init.d-syntax*

	Syntax highlighting for init.d files is based upon the vim-provided
	|sh.vim|, with additional support for certain Gentooisms (some rules
	come from |gentoo-common-syntax|).

						     *gentoo-make-conf-syntax*

	Syntax highlighting for make.conf files is implemented from scratch
	(some rules come from |gentoo-common-syntax|).

						     *gentoo-metadata-syntax*

	Syntax highlighting for metadata.xml files is based upon the
	vim-provided |xml.vim|, with additional highlighting for recognised
	elements.

						  *gentoo-package-mask-syntax*

	Syntax highlighting for package.mask and package.unmask files is
	implemented from scratch (some rules come from
	|gentoo-common-syntax|).

					      *gentoo-package-keywords-syntax*

	Syntax highlighting for package.keywords files is implemented from
	scratch (some rules come from |gentoo-common-syntax|).

						   *gentoo-package-use-syntax*

	Syntax highlighting for package.use files is implemented from scratch
	(some rules come from |gentoo-common-syntax|).

						       *gentoo-mirrors-syntax*

	Syntax highlighting for thirdpartymirrors files is implemented from
	scratch (some rules come from |gentoo-common-syntax|).

						      *gentoo-use-desc-syntax*
	Syntax highlighting for use.desc and use.local.desc is implemented
	from scratch (some rules come from |gentoo-common-syntax|).

    Settings Specifics				      *gentoo-syntax-settings*

	For ebuilds and eclasses, tabs (|'shiftwidth'| and |'tabstop'|) are
	set to four spaces, tab to space conversion (|'expandtab'|) is disabled
	and the text width (|'textwidth'|) is set to 80 columns. To allow
	proper syntax highlighting for commands like 'strip-flags', the hyphen
	character is added as a valid keyword character (|'iskeyword'|).

	For ebuilds, eclasses and ChangeLogs, UTF-8 is used for fileencoding
	as per GLEP 31.

    Indent Specifics				      *gentoo-indent-settings*

	Indent settings for ebuilds and eclasses are the same as for regular
	bash files.

    Bug Summary							 *:BugSummary*

	To see a summary of a Gentoo bug, execute :BugSummary 12345.

								 *:BugDetails*
	The :BugDetails 12345 command is similar to :BugSummary, but will also
	display a menu allowing the user to open the bug in a browser or
	insert the bug details / number into the active document. In normal
	mode, a map <Leader>bug (see |<Leader>|) is provided to call this
	command on the bug number under the cursor.

							*g:bugsummary_browser*
	Before using the "browser" BugSummary option, you must let the plugin
	know what browser you want to use. For example: >

	    let g:bugsummary_browser="firefox '%s'"
<
	The %s sequence is replaced by the URL to load.

    New conf.d Files				      *new-conf.d* *:NewConfd*

	New conf.d files will automatically have a skeleton content created
	for them.

	The ':NewConfd' command can be used to manually create contents for a
	new conf.d file.

	Note: conf.d files may not be detected automatically. The |:NewConfd|
	command will still work in these situations.

    New Ebuilds					    *new-ebuilds* *:NewEbuild*

	New ebuilds will automatically have content placed into them based
	upon context (for example, the package category). Similarly, new
	eclasses are created from a template. If the environment variable
	'ECHANGELOG_USER' is set, it will be used for the author's name.
	Otherwise, the 'USER' environment variable will be used.

	The ':NewEbuild' command can be used to manually create contents for a
	new ebuild or eclass file.

	To disable the autogenerate functionality place into your .vimrc file:

	    let g:ebuild_create_on_empty = 0

    New init.d Files				      *new-init.d* *:NewInitd*

	New init.d files will automatically have a skeleton content created
	for them.

	The ':NewInitd' command can be used to manually create contents for a
	new init.d file.

	Note: init.d files may not be detected automatically. The |:NewInitd|
	command will still work in these situations.

    New Metadata				 *new-metadata* *:NewMetadata*

	New metadata.xml files will automatically have content placed into
	them based upon context (for example, the package category). If the
	environment variable 'ECHANGELOG_USER' is set, it will be used for the
	author's name and email address.

	The ':NewMetadata' command can be used to manually create contents for
	a new metadata file.

	Note: metadata.xml files may not be detected automatically. The
	|:NewMetadata| command will still work in these situations.

==============================================================================
3. ChangeLog					     *gentoo-syntax-changelog*

	20070506 pioto
	    * Eclasses don't need to specify ECLASS or INHERITED anymore. See
	      Bug #175135.
	    * Split off eselect-specific stuff into the eselect-syntax
	      package, and portage configuration stuff into portage-syntax.
	    * Don't use GNU-specific date --iso in the Makefile, and be sure
	      that the version stamp is always from UTC.
	    * Hilight usage of the `which` command as an error. People should
	      use the bash builtin type -P instead. See Bug #176218.
	    * Release new version.

	20070212 pioto
	    * Release new version.

	20070212 pioto
	    * Make gentoo-use-desc.vim accept USE flags as specified by PMS.

	20070212 pioto
	    * Make gentoo-use-desc.vim accept qualified package names
	      according to the upcoming PMS standard (allow + in PN, for
	      example).

	20070212 pioto
	    * Patch to hilight on USE_EXPAND variables in make.conf. See
	      Bug #164588.

	20070212 pioto
	    * Patch to update java ebuild template to use the new generation 2
	      java eclasses. See Bug #164953.

	20070130 pioto
	    * Patch to add hilighting for elog and the autotools.eclass. See
	      Bug #164312.

	20061106 pioto
	    * Release new version.

	20061105 pioto
	    * Update GuideXML support. See Bug #145999

	20061105 pioto
	    * Make package.* files' syntax accept category names without a '-'
	      in them. See Bug #122890

	20061105 pioto
	    * Apply patch from tupone to fix newmetadata (Formerly known as
	      the 20051221-r1 release).

	20051221 ciaranm (Release)
	    * INSTALL_MASK in make.conf.

	20051016 ciaranm
	    * Fix package.use flags that start with a number.

	20050622 rphillips
	    * added g:ebuild_create_on_empty option to toggle new ebuild
	      creation on/off. Fixes #96659
            * have newebuild.vim check to see if vimdiff is the program name
              and automatically disable new ebuild creation

	20050618 ka0ttic (Release)
	    * Updated eutils, multilib, flag-o-matic, webapp, games eclass
	      functions.
	    * Added pam, virtualx, gnome2 eclass functions.
	    * Fixed MakeNewEselectModule() to a) not print the errant
	      '@gentoo.org' and b) to only use the maintainer's email address,
	      not all of ECHANGELOG_USER.

	20050615 beu
	    * s/eclectic/eselect/g
	    * Use GentooGetUser() function for the local-part of MAINTAINER
	      when creating a boiler-plate eselect module.
	    * Use the 'Id' keyword instead of 'Header' in eselect module
	      headers.

	20050515 beu
	    * Testing, testing .. Fix a 'few' typo's in syntax/eclectic.vim.

	20050515 ciaranm (Release)
	    * Better indenting for eclectic modules.

	20050514 beu
	    * Add dev-perl specific inherit of perl-module.

	20050514 ciaranm
	    * Highlighting in make.conf for ccache and distcc variables.
	      Gentoo bug 92238 <http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=92238>

	20050511 beu
	    * Add minimal support for eclectic-module filetype and syntax
	      highlighting.
	    * Add goodness to create boiler-plate eclectic modules on a new
	      buffer ('*.eclectic').
	    * add in support for SVN_DATE

	20050510 ciaranm
	    * ${PN}-${PV} in ebuilds is an error, should be ${P} (requested by
	      seemant).
	    * Better heading highlighting for GLEPs.
	    * Much smarter cat/pkg detection.

	20050415 beu
	    * Add support for apache-module and depend.apache eclass functions.
	    * Add a default setup for apache-module ebuilds (ebuilds in
	      www-apache/mod_name).

	20050326 ciaranm
	    * Add PORTAGE_TMPFS to make.conf highlighting.

	20050325 ciaranm
	    * Add ALSA_CARDS to make.conf highlighting.

	20050325 ciaranm (Release)
	    * Make this lot work properly with vim 6.3 again. Oops.

	20050323 ciaranm
	    * Better category / package distinction in new metadata creation
	      plugin.

	20050318 ciaranm (Release)
	    * USERLAND in make.conf is an error. Recognise EXTRA_ECONF.

	20050317 ciaranm
	    * catmetadata support
	    * Add in sanity checking. Check version and &compatible. Thanks to
	      Rob Henderson in Gentoo bug #85425
	      <http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=85425>.

	20050316 ka0ttic
	    * Updated cron eclass functions.
	    * Added support for distutils and perl-module eclasses.

	20050305 ciaranm
	    * x86-64, x86_64 in CFLAGS are errors.
	    * -mvis in CFLAGS is an error.
	    * on amd64, -Os -fPIC -fpic -DPIC in CFLAGS are errors.

	20050303 ciaranm
	    * dev.g.o in SRC_URI is wrong.

	20050226 ciaranm
	    * Make USE flags with _ in the name work properly.

	20050221 ka0ttic
	    * Removed useless newconfd plugin.
	    * Fixed missing endif in ftdetect/gentoo.vim that caused some XML
	      ftdetect funkyness.

	20050216 ka0ttic
	    * Updated cron and eutils eclass functions.

	20050211 ciaranm (Release)

	20050210 ciaranm
	    * Move arch guessing code into gentoo-common.vim. Cache the
	      results, since portageq is very slow. Changed the logic so that
	      it should (probably) generate the correct values on non-Linux
	      systems.
	    * Fix detection of thirdpartymirrors file

	20050207 ciaranm
	    * Added ASFLAGS and ARCH to the make.conf error list.

	20050202 ka0ttic
	    * Added missing runscript shebang to init.d plugin.

	20050201 ka0ttic
	    * Updated bash-completion eclass functions.

	20050130 ciaranm (Release)
	    * Rewrite Makefile.
	    * Update docs.
	    * Improved init.d syntax highlighting.
	    * Add in EXPORT_FUNCTIONS eclass highlighting.

	20050128 ciaranm
	    * Restructure plugins. Add in a gentoo-common.vim to reduce
	      code duplication, and switch to using put ='' to insert text.
	    * Updated years.

	20050128 ka0ttic
	    * Updated webapp eclass functions.
	    * Added init.d/conf.d creation plugin.

	20050125 ciaranm
	    * Update versionator eclass functions.
	    * Update eutils eclass functions.
	    * Update flag-o-matic eclass functions.

	20050125 ka0ttic
	    * Added subversion eclass support.
	    * Added alternatives eclass support.
	    * Added rpm eclass support.
	    * Added python eclass support.
	    * Added check-kernel eclass support.

	20050123 ciaranm
	    * Add LINGUAS, INPUT_DEVICES, VIDEO_CARDS to make.conf
	      highlighting.

	20050122 ka0ttic
	    * Added toolchain-funcs eclass support.
	    * Added games eclass support.
	    * Added cron eclass support.

	20050122 tmartin
	    * Added 64-bit eclass support.
	    * Added multilib eclass support.

	20050122 ciaranm
	    * Added fdo-mime eclass support.

	20050105 ciaranm
	    * Add sandbox functions (addwrite etc) to the highlight list.

	20041227 ciaranm (Release)
	    * Make the arch detecting code work again with the new
	      make.defaults setup.

	20041220 ciaranm
	    * An empty value for SLOT is an error in ebuilds. A * inside
	      KEYWORDS is an error unless it is a -*.
	    * -Wno* in CFLAGS is evil.
	    * Initial attempt at folding for GLEPs.

	20041218 ciaranm
	    * Added games-* ebuild creation rules (requested by Michael
	      Sterrett, dev-python (Bryan Oestergaard), dev-java (Thomas
	      Matthijs).
	    * Added 'set paste' whilst creating content, thanks to Thomas
	      Matthijs for the bug report.
	    * Make metadata syntax matching use the contained option, so that
	      recognised words are only highlighted in the correct places.
	    * Added guidexml syntax, thanks to Sven Vermeulen and Xavier Neys
	      for information.

	20041216 ciaranm
	    * Improved glep syntax handling

	20041205 ciaranm
	    * metadata.xml support: recognise metadata.xml, set filetype
	      settings, fancy syntax highlighting based upon xml.vim, auto
	      create metadata.xml content for new files based upon context.

	20041202 ciaranm (Release)
	    * Make newebuild also support eclass creation.

	20041130 ciaranm
	    * Fix menu handler. Thanks to Georgi Georgiev in Gentoo bug 72888
	      <http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=72888>.

	20041127 ciaranm
	    * Add in newebuild plugin which intelligently creates template
	      content for new ebuilds based upon context.

	20041127 ciaranm (Release)
	    * BugSummary now provides :BugSummary and :BugDetails, with the
	      <Leader>bug nmap mapped to :BugDetails.
	    * Override sh.vim's handling of function names to include extra
	      characters. Thanks to Thomas Kirchner in Gentoo bug 72469
	      <http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=72469>.

	20041125 ciaranm
	    * BugSummary plugin: massively faster parsing, recognise double
	      quotes in bug text properly, display a menu thing allowing the
	      user to open the bug in a browser / insert bug details, coloured
	      display.
	    * Use g: variables for settings

	20041124 ciaranm
	    * Add in bash-completion, vim-plugin, vim-doc eclasses.
	    * Use "hi def link" rather than "hi link".

	20041123 ciaranm
	    * Recognise /etc/portage/mirrors as a mirrors file. Thanks to
	      Georgi Georgiev in Gentoo bug 72228
	      <http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=72228>.
	    * Syntax highlighting for use.desc, use.local.desc
	    * Handle fancy characters in BugSummary better

	20041122 ciaranm
	    * Add in -s and -DNDEBUG to the bad CFLAGS list at solar's
	      request.
	    * :BugSummary, not :ShowBugSummary. Thanks to TGL in Gentoo bug
	      72001 <http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=72001>.
	    * LDFLAGS in make.conf is an error at vapier's request.

	20041121 ciaranm (Release)
	    * Handle * ~* in package.keywords
	    * make.conf highlighting
	    * Highlight stupid cat usage in ebuilds
	    * Added bugsummary plugin -- either :BugSummary 12345 or move over
	      a bug number and hit <Leader>bug in normal mode. Currently the
	      code is rather messy and tied to Gentoo bugzilla.

	20041114 ciaranm
	    * Make ChangeLog highlighting less picky about entries where the
	      developer hasn't quite got their ECHANGELOG_USER right (for
	      example, if they just have an email address without the angle
	      brackets). Thanks to Thomas Matthijs in Gentoo bug 71164
	      <http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=71164>.
	    * Make ChangeLog highlighting recognise dates which don't have a
	      leading zero.
	    * Ebuilds shouldn't be touching EXTRA_ECONF, make this show up as
	      an error.

	20041113 ciaranm (Release)
	    * As per GLEP 31, fileencoding should be utf-8 for ebuilds and
	      ChangeLogs.
	    * Highlight as errors functions declared as "foo () {" (extra
	      space, should be "foo() {". Similarly, "foo(){" needs a space
	      before the curly bracket, "foo() {". Requested by Michael
	      Sterrett.
	    * Added in some new keywords. Thanks to Tom Martin in Gentoo bug
	      71065 <http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=71065>.
	    * Added in quiet and verbose variants for 'has' and 'use'.

	20041107 ciaranm
	    * Highlight TODO and FIXME items in GLEPs.

	20041016 ciaranm
	    * config is now called pkg_config. Thanks to Tom Martin in Gentoo
	      bug 67807 <http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=67807>.

	20041009 ciaranm (Release)
	    * Highlight src_unpack and similar recognised function names
	      differently in ebuilds. Requested by Thomas Matthijs.

	20041004 ciaranm
	    * Better 'bug 1234' highlighting

	20040919 ciaranm
	    * Error on non GLEP 23 compliant LICENSEs
	    * cvs.eclass support

	20040911 ciaranm (Release)
	    * Added versionator.eclass

	20040908 ciaranm
	    * Inherit from sh.vim in ftplugin/ebuild.vim

	20040906 ciaranm (Release)
	    * Update for recent eutils additions
	    * Indenting for ebuilds / eclasses
	    * Updated error highlighting

	20040902 ciaranm
	    * init.d, env.d, cron.d, conf.d highlighting.
	    * package.mask, package.unmask, package.keywords, package.use,
	      thirdpartymirrors highlighting.

	20040901 ciaranm (Release)
	    * ChangeLog support.
	    * Use rst for GLEPs.
	    * Added webapp.eclass, webapp-apache.eclass and fixheadtails.eclass
	      syntax.

	20040826 ciaranm
	    * HOMEPAGE containing $ expressions is an error.

	20040826 ciaranm (Release)
	    * Massive rework. Far better file layouts, keyword support,
	      filetype settings. Added a help doc.
	    * Highlighting for errors in ebuilds.
	    * Added gcc and libtool eclass support.

	20040820 ciaranm
	    * First usable release

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