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In VIM, you can define a custom syntax to display comments differently from XDS parameters. This aids legibility.
In VIM, you can define a custom syntax to display comments differently from XDS parameters. This aids legibility.


* create file ~/.vim/syntax/inp.vim
* put
  syntax match XDS_Comment /!.*$/
  syntax match XDS_Comment /!.*$/
* create file ~/.vim/ftdetect/inp.vim
: into ~/.vim/syntax/inp.vim (create file if it doesn't exist)
 
* put
  autocmd BufRead,BufNewFile *.INP set filetype=inp
  autocmd BufRead,BufNewFile *.INP set filetype=inp
* create file ~/.vimrc
: into ~/.vim/ftdetect/inp.vim (create file if it doesn't exist)
 
* put
  highlight def link XDS_Comment Comment
  highlight def link XDS_Comment Comment
: into ~/.vimrc (create file if it doesn't exist)
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