brook

For those who work with Brook stream programming language and use Vim for text editing, brook is a helpful plugin that offers syntax highlighting specifically for Brook. Vim, created as an extended version of vi editor in 1991 by Bram Moolenaar for Amiga computer, is a cross-platform text editor that is most popular on Unix-like operating systems. Vim is an open source software licensed under a software license that is compatible with the GNU General Public License. Vim's interface is based on commands given in a text user interface, without the use of menus or icons, and its GUI mode, gVim, adds menus and toolbars for commonly used commands. To make Vim accessible for beginners, there is a built-in tutorial and a Vim Users' Manual that features basic and advanced Vim features. Vim also has a built-in help facility that allows users to navigate through commands and features using the :help command.

To install brook, copy brook.vim to ~/.vim/syntax and add the following line to ~/.vim/filetype.vim: autocmd BufNewFile,BufRead *.br,*.brh,*.bri setf brook. With brook installed, Vim users can enjoy syntax highlighting specifically for Brook programming language, making the editing process more efficient.