From: Lukas Hägele <lukas.haegele93@web.de>
Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2026 10:32:53 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: add treesitter plugin to colorize keywords in comments
X-Git-Url: https://git.lhaegele.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=5439343fcd477543032e8c6ebb0962ef04a6c7af;p=dotfiles_nvim.git

add treesitter plugin to colorize keywords in comments
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diff --git a/plugin/treesitter/comment-keywords.lua b/plugin/treesitter/comment-keywords.lua
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/plugin/treesitter/comment-keywords.lua
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+--- inspiration from: https://caseymuratori.com/blog_0023
+---
+--- "I will often put “TODO” comments in code that look like this, where it is not really a thing that I need to do,
+--- but rather is a note about the general state of the codebase that I would like someone, during final analysis before shipping,
+--- to read, consider, and then either remove or act on.
+--- In my own codebase, I actually have a few different keywords that I use to differentiate comment types.
+--- Every single comment begins with one of them.
+--- They are:
+---
+--- // NOTE(casey):
+---     A comment by me that does not fall into any other category (most comments are this kind).
+---
+--- // IMPORTANT(casey):
+---     A key comment that describes a very important idea about the code that must be read and fully understood by anyone who is going to touch it.
+---
+--- // TODO(casey):
+---     Something I need to do.
+---
+--- // STUDY(casey):
+---     Something I need to look at in more detail in the future, because I believe the code contains an opportunity to advance the way I program.
+
+-- namespace
+local ns_id = vim.api.nvim_create_namespace("comment_keywords")
+
+local function update_extmarks()
+  local winid = vim.api.nvim_get_current_win()
+  local bufnr = vim.api.nvim_get_current_buf()
+
+  local parser = vim.treesitter.get_parser(bufnr, "c")
+  if not parser then
+    vim.notify("currently only 'C' is supported", vim.log.levels.INFO)
+    return
+  end
+
+  -- delete old extmarks
+  vim.api.nvim_buf_clear_namespace(bufnr, ns_id, 0, -1)
+
+  -- parse tree
+  local tree = parser:parse()[1]
+  local root = tree:root()
+
+  local query = vim.treesitter.query.parse("c", "(comment) @comment")
+
+  -- get currently visible window area
+  local top_line = vim.fn.line("w0", winid) - 1
+  local bot_line = vim.fn.line("w$", winid)
+
+  -- iterate query within visible area
+  for id, node in query:iter_captures(root, bufnr, top_line, bot_line) do
+    local start_row, _, _, _ = node:range()
+    local lines = vim.api.nvim_buf_get_lines(bufnr, start_row, start_row + 1, false)
+    local text = lines[1] or ""
+
+    local map = {
+      ["todo"]      = "@comment.todo",
+      ["note"]      = "@comment.note",
+      ["important"] = "@comment.warning",
+      ["study"]     = "@comment.info",
+    }
+    for k, v in pairs(map) do
+      local start_col, end_col = text:lower():find(k)
+      if start_col then
+        pcall(vim.api.nvim_buf_set_extmark, bufnr, ns_id, start_row, start_col - 1, {
+          end_col = end_col,
+          hl_group = v
+        })
+        break
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+-- update extmarks after cursor movement
+vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd({ "CursorMoved", "CursorMovedI", "BufEnter" }, {
+  pattern = {"*.c", "*.h"},
+  callback = update_extmarks,
+})