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I wrote a vim syntax highlighting file for a custom file type that I am working and I want to be able to show off my syntax highlighting painlessly by converting my view of the page into an HTML document for others.

My current workflow is basically:

vim *.ext

and then:

:TOhtml
:wq
:n

ad nauseum

I'm sick of it, I've exported 3 files this way and I've had enough. How can I streamline this using some sort of script?

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  • You can almost use :argdo, like :argdo TOhtml | wq. But while that exports the HTML files, they aren’t highlighted, because “while this command is executing, the Syntax autocommand event is disabled [to] speed up editing each file.”
    – Rory O'Kane
    Oct 18, 2014 at 23:22
  • About :TOhtml: if you have a file hello.c open, :TOhtml will open a new buffer editing the nonexistent file hello.c.html, containing HTML with syntax-highlighting CSS in it. You can run :wq to save that HTML file and close the new window.
    – Rory O'Kane
    Oct 19, 2014 at 0:07

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Try this:

for i in *.ext; do vim -c TOhtml -c wqa $i ; done
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Create a recursive mapping:

:map <F2> :TOhtml<enter>:wq<enter>:n<enter><F2>

And then press <F2>. All your files will be converted automatically.

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