Hi: Sorry for posting off topic, but I have seen some posts by some bright vim experts here and I was hoping for a little help. I need a syntax file for a simple data file that is of the form: # comments start with # begin_xyzsection param = value param = %keyword% end_xyzsection I would like comments color coded, begn/end color coded, param and value color coded and %keyword% color coded. Is this a trivial task? Or would it take me awhile to create the syntax file? -- Jim Freeze ---------- Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.