Request for VIM syntax highlighting

[arjunv27]

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Or perhaps a language server implementation will kill multiple birds with one stone

[mathisonian]

Hey @arjunv27,

@rreusser set up basic VIM support here, although it looks like it needs to be updated to match .idyll files instead of .idl.

I'm open to the idea of a language server implementation, do you have any more info on that?

[rreusser]

It was really mostly just markdown highlighting since I was struggling to understand how to extend it. Unfortunately my version won't be a slam dunk!

[arjunv27]

Here's a good overview.

[mathisonian]

After looking into this a bit more, AFAICT it seems like the language server protocol doesn't support syntax highlighting, although there are several ongoing discussions (see https://github.com/Microsoft/language-server-protocol/issues/682 and https://github.com/microsoft/language-server-protocol/issues/513), so it looks like we'll have to continue doing one-off plugins for various editors.