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update symlink highlighting
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Previously we highlighted symlinks as one item (NERDTreeLink):

    symlinked_file -> /path/to/target

Split this out into 3 highlight groups:
    * NERDTreeLinkFile
    * NERDTreeLinkDir
    * NERDTreeLinkTarget

So we have:

    symlinked_dir/ -> /foo/bar
    -------------- ***********
         ^               ^
         |               |
    NERDTreeLinkDir   NERDTreeLinkTarget

Similarly for file links - with NERDTreeLinkFile instead of
NERDTreeLinkDir.

This allows users to modify how symlinks are highlighted. E.g. to make
them appear as normal files/dirs they could add this to their vimrc:

    hi link NERDTreeLinkFile NERDTreeFile
    hi link NERDTreeLinkDir NERDTreeDir
    hi link NERDTreeLinkTarget ignore
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scrooloose committed Jun 29, 2014
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17 changes: 11 additions & 6 deletions syntax/nerdtree.vim
Expand Up @@ -31,14 +31,16 @@ syn match NERDTreeHelp #^".*# contains=NERDTreeHelpKey,NERDTreeHelpTitle,NERDTr
syn match NERDTreeRO #.*\[RO\]#hs=s+2 contains=NERDTreeFlag,NERDTreeBookmark,NERDTreePart,NERDTreePartFile

"highlighting for sym links
syn match NERDTreeLink #[^-| `].* -> # contains=NERDTreeBookmark,NERDTreeOpenable,NERDTreeClosable,NERDTreeDirSlash
syn match NERDTreeLinkTarget #->.*# containedin=NERDTreeDir,NERDTreeFile
syn match NERDTreeLinkFile #.* ->#me=e-3 containedin=NERDTreeFile
syn match NERDTreeLinkDir #.*/ ->#me=e-3 containedin=NERDTreeDir

"highlighing for directory nodes and file nodes
syn match NERDTreeDirSlash #/#
syn match NERDTreeDir #[^-| `].*/# contains=NERDTreeLink,NERDTreeDirSlash,NERDTreeOpenable,NERDTreeClosable
syn match NERDTreeExecFile #[|` ].*\*\($\| \)# contains=NERDTreeLink,NERDTreePart,NERDTreeRO,NERDTreePartFile,NERDTreeBookmark
syn match NERDTreeFile #|-.*# contains=NERDTreeLink,NERDTreePart,NERDTreeRO,NERDTreePartFile,NERDTreeBookmark,NERDTreeExecFile
syn match NERDTreeFile #`-.*# contains=NERDTreeLink,NERDTreePart,NERDTreeRO,NERDTreePartFile,NERDTreeBookmark,NERDTreeExecFile
syn match NERDTreeDir #[^-| `].*/# contains=NERDTreeDirSlash,NERDTreeOpenable,NERDTreeClosable
syn match NERDTreeExecFile #[|` ].*\*\($\| \)# contains=NERDTreePart,NERDTreeRO,NERDTreePartFile,NERDTreeBookmark
syn match NERDTreeFile #|-.*# contains=NERDTreePart,NERDTreeRO,NERDTreePartFile,NERDTreeBookmark,NERDTreeExecFile
syn match NERDTreeFile #`-.*# contains=NERDTreePart,NERDTreeRO,NERDTreePartFile,NERDTreeBookmark,NERDTreeExecFile
syn match NERDTreeCWD #^[</].*$#

"highlighting for bookmarks
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -76,10 +78,13 @@ hi def link NERDTreeHelpTitle Macro
hi def link NERDTreeToggleOn Question
hi def link NERDTreeToggleOff WarningMsg

hi def link NERDTreeLinkTarget Type
hi def link NERDTreeLinkFile Macro
hi def link NERDTreeLinkDir Macro

hi def link NERDTreeDir Directory
hi def link NERDTreeUp Directory
hi def link NERDTreeCWD Statement
hi def link NERDTreeLink Macro
hi def link NERDTreeOpenable Title
hi def link NERDTreeFlag ignore
hi def link NERDTreeRO WarningMsg
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@jackywu jackywu commented on 9704a38 Apr 16, 2023

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is this code merged ?
in #1352 , I want hide sym links in the directory tree.

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