VIM: simple steps to create syntax highlight file - for logfiles

Question

I have some (log4j generated) logfiles to go through; I know their format pretty well (I mean I have already got off-the-peg regexes etc I can use).

I want to automa

Answer 1

This highlighting style works just great for me:

https://github.com/dzeban/vim-log-syntax

The author (@AlexanderDzyoba) says it is based on "messages" syntax highlighting file.