Function parseDefFromFile

internal/buffer/buffer.go:718–746

(f config.RuntimeFile, header *highlight.Header)

}

func parseDefFromFile(f config.RuntimeFile, header *highlight.Header) *highlight.Def {
	data, err := f.Data()
	if err != nil {
		screen.TermMessage("Error loading syntax file " + f.Name() + ": " + err.Error())
		return nil
	}

	if header == nil {
		header, err = highlight.MakeHeaderYaml(data)
		if err != nil {
			screen.TermMessage("Error parsing header for syntax file " + f.Name() + ": " + err.Error())
			return nil
		}
	}

	file, err := highlight.ParseFile(data)
	if err != nil {
		screen.TermMessage("Error parsing syntax file " + f.Name() + ": " + err.Error())
		return nil
	}

	syndef, err := highlight.ParseDef(file, header)
	if err != nil {
		screen.TermMessage("Error parsing syntax file " + f.Name() + ": " + err.Error())
		return nil
	}

	return syndef
}

// findRealRuntimeSyntaxDef finds a specific syntax definition
// in the user's custom syntax files