Rust Syntax Highlighting in Vim

I use Vim on a daily basis, and now that I'm learning Rust, I wanted syntax highlighting. There are some great tools out there, but the instructions to get them to work are broken up a bit. Here are the best instructions I found in one place.

First, you'll need Vundle if you don't have it. Vundle is a great tool for Vim, managing plugins and making them configurable in your .vimrc.

Make sure that your .vim directory has a bundle subdirectory. Then clone the Vundle repo there:

git clone https://github.com/VundleVim/Vundle.vim.git ~/.vim/bundle/Vundle.vim

Now you can install and configure pluins within your .vimrc. But first, we need a little setup.

This little snippet needs to go at the top of your .vimrc. You have to make sure that filetype is set to off and that Vundle is running before we can load the Rust plugin.:

set nocompatible
filetype off

set rtp+=~/.vim/bundle/Vundle.vim
call vundle#begin()

Plugin 'VundleVim/Vundle.vim'

call vundle#end()
filetype plugin indent on

Awesome, so now Vundle starts up, loads itself, and then it ends. After this snippet, put whatever other setting for Vim you want. Run this from the command line to ensure all is working well:

vim +PluginInstall +qall

Now to get the Rust highlighting. I'm using this repo, which has worked pretty great for me so far. All you need to do to use it is to add this line before the call to vundle#end:

Plugin 'wting/rust.vim'

Now run the above command again to make sure everything works:

vim +PluginInstall +qall

And now you should have beautiful Rust syntax highlighting!