Document alternative to ruby_no_identifiers

tpope · tpope · commit 9f2d533df50e · 2007-02-23T18:10:05.000Z
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2007-02-23  Tim Pope  <vim@tpope.info>
+
+	* doc/ft-ruby-syntax.txt: Recommend hi link rubyIdentifier NONE over
+	ruby_no_identifiers.
+
 2007-02-23  Tim Pope  <vim@tpope.info>
 
 	* syntax/ruby.vim: Fixed method highlighting when not at the end of
diff --git a/doc/ft-ruby-syntax.txt b/doc/ft-ruby-syntax.txt
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ the "ruby_minlines" variable to a value larger than 50: >
 Ideally, this value should be a number of lines large enough to embrace your
 largest class or module.
 
-Highlighting of special identifiers can be disabled by defining
-"ruby_no_identifiers": >
+Highlighting of special identifiers can be disabled by removing the
+rubyIdentifier highlighting: >
 
-	:let ruby_no_identifiers = 1
+	:hi link rubyIdentifier NONE
 <
 This will prevent highlighting of special identifiers like "ConstantName",
 "$global_var", "@@class_var", "@instance_var", "| block_param |", and
diff --git a/syntax/ruby.vim b/syntax/ruby.vim
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ syn match  rubyClassDeclaration    "[^[:space:];#(]\+" contained contains=rubyCo
 syn match  rubyModuleDeclaration   "[^[:space:];#(]\+" contained contains=rubyConstant
 syn match  rubyFunction "\<[_[:lower:]][_[:alnum:]]*[?!=]\=\.\@!" contained containedin=rubyMethodDeclaration
 syn match  rubyFunction "\%(\s\|^\)\@<=[_[:lower:]][_[:alnum:]]*[?!=]\=\%(\s\|$\)\@=" contained containedin=rubyAliasDeclaration,rubyAliasDeclaration2
-syn match  rubyFunction "\%([[:space:].]\|^\)\@<=\%(\[\]=\=\|\*\*\|[+-]@\=\|[*/%|^~]\|<<\|>>\|[<>]=\=\|<=>\|===\|=\~\)\%([[:space:];#(]\|$\)\@=" contained containedin=rubyAliasDeclaration,rubyAliasDeclaration2,rubyMethodDeclaration
+syn match  rubyFunction "\%([[:space:].]\|^\)\@<=\%(\[\]=\=\|\*\*\|[+-]@\=\|[*/%|^~]\|<<\|>>\|[<>]=\=\|<=>\|===\|=\~\|`\)\%([[:space:];#(]\|$\)\@=" contained containedin=rubyAliasDeclaration,rubyAliasDeclaration2,rubyMethodDeclaration
 " Expensive Mode - colorize *end* according to opening statement
 if !exists("b:ruby_no_expensive") && !exists("ruby_no_expensive")
   syn match  rubyDefine "\<alias\>"		nextgroup=rubyAliasDeclaration  skipwhite skipnl
