Vim Log Highlighting

Overview

Provides syntax highlighting for generic log files in VIM.

Some of the highlighted elements are:

Dates and times
Common log level keywords like ERROR, INFO, DEBUG
Numbers, booleans and strings
URLs and file paths
IP and MAC addresses
XML Tags

Installation

VimPlug

Add Plug 'mtdl9/vim-log-highlighting' to your ~/.vimrc and run PlugInstall.

Vundle

Add Plugin 'mtdl9/vim-log-highlighting' to your ~/.vimrc and run PluginInstall.

Pathogen

$ git clone https://github.com/mtdl9/vim-log-highlighting ~/.vim/bundle/vim-log-highlighting

Manual Install

Copy the contents of the ftdetect and syntax folders in their respective ~/.vim/* counterparts.

Configuration

Once installed, the syntax highlighting will be enabled by default for files ending with .log and _log suffixes.

By default only uppercase keywords are recognized as level indicators in the log files. You can add additional log level keywords using the standard VIM syntax functions, for example by adding this to your .vimrc file:

" Add custom level identifiers
syn keyword logLevelError MY_CUSTOM_ERROR_KEYWORD

Likewise you can disable highlighting for elements you don't need:

" Remove highlighting for URLs
syn clear logUrl

VIM Built-in /var/log/messages highlighting
vim-log-syntax by dzeban
vim-log4j by tetsuo13
ccze by cornet

README.md