Re: [Axiom-developer] Vim syntax file

[Fabio S.]

> > 1) Are curly brackets ever used in axiom syntax?
> > It seems to me they are not and they have no meaning in axiom: if it is
> > so, I can remove them from sanity check, simplifying things.
>
> I don't believe they have any meaning.

Ok, I will remove them from the "sanity check"


> > 2) If I give the command (for example)
> > )tangle bookvol10.2
> > then the result is an empty input file.
>
> The tangle command is optimized for files in src/input by default.
...

I see. My doubt was originated from the fact that last week I wrote a 
small pamphlet for a package (eea.input.pamphlet) and

)tangle eea

didn't produced any output. This was because I gave a name to every chunck, 
always the same but not "*": I thought that )tangle would have extracted 
the chunks regardless of the name.
I realized that this was the problem and I corrected it, so I got the 
desired input file.

I must say that I like it very much the new format where pamphlet are pure 
latex: this is very natural when writing math.
The previous format was somewhat more clumsy.

> I'd encourage you to consider writing your vim file as a literate
> program since you're the one who understands it best. Other people
> will have to reverse engineer it to understand it.

Well, I think that a vim syntax file is something which is not going to be 
developed: once it works, it is very unlikely that it will be modified, if 
ever.
In any case, I exensively commented both the vim file and the script that 
I just submitted: producing it in a literate way I don't think I could add 
more.

Fabio