C lang: type definitions aren't highlighted

[igor-gorohovsky]

Example code:

typedef unsigned long ULong;

enum Color {
    RED = 1,
    GREEN,
    BLUE
};

struct Point {
    int x;
    int y;
};

union DataValue {
    int iVal;
    float fVal;
    char cVal;
};

Actual:

Expected:

[sobolevn]

This would be rather hard to do, see the token scopes:

Any ideas?

[igor-gorohovsky]

It appears that TextMate doesn’t provide support for custom token types. I encountered the same issue in Neovim with its default syntax highlighting, so I switched to Treesitter, which does allow you to define your own “token types.”

From what I’ve gathered, VS Code’s semantic highlighting also lets you create custom token types. However, enabling it may require additional configuration to disable any unwanted “semantic” highlighting.