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symbols-outline.nvim
Discontinued A tree like view for symbols in Neovim using the Language Server Protocol. Supports all your favourite languages.
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vim-matchup
vim match-up: even better % :facepunch: navigate and highlight matching words :facepunch: modern matchit and matchparen. Supports both vim and neovim + tree-sitter.
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nvim-ts-rainbow
Discontinued Rainbow parentheses for neovim using tree-sitter. Use https://sr.ht/~p00f/nvim-ts-rainbow instead
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vim-hexokinase
Discontinued hexokinase.vim - (Neo)Vim plugin for asynchronously displaying the colours in the file (#rrggbb, #rgb, rgb(a)? functions, hsl(a)? functions, web colours, custom patterns)
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Custom parentheses highlighting
Rainbow will do your first requirement: https://github.com/luochen1990/rainbow
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Rainbow doesn't work with treesitter and I'm not sure why
Okay it's actually a bit (alot) different and easier and I described it here: https://github.com/luochen1990/rainbow/issues/163
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Improved C syntax highlighting for Vim
The parentheses color are not caused by this script, but by my usage of rainbow parentheses (some variant of https://github.com/luochen1990/rainbow) which I have configured for my usual light background vim theme.
I did not spend time to set up a more empty vim configuration to take the screenshots.
The script does not introduce any new colors, it just changes what is highlighted as cType.
It does change the color of parentheses for "if" statements to be the same color as the keyword. I am undecided if I should keep that or not. Opinions from people not using rainbow or similar plugins are welcome.
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[Looking for a plugin] Color coding matching braces, parentheses
For comparison here are operands configured. Is this included?
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Simple and Nice color scheme 😃
Yup, I use this plugin vim-python/python-syntax and rainbow parentheses 😃
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luochen1990/rainbow is an open source project licensed under Apache License 2.0 which is an OSI approved license.
The primary programming language of rainbow is Vim Script.
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