syntax highlight within a text file?

I have a text file wit开发者_StackOverflow社区h code snippets scattered here and there.

Is there a way to have syntax highlight for the code snippets ?

(all snippets are in the same language).

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You can use:

:set syntax=<language>

to force some syntax coloring.

-- Yet it might be chaotic if the remaining text has some elements that conflict (unmatched quotes for instance)