Hi, So you want something like:
" highlight all var options using this match syntax match allVarOptions "\%(\s\|^\)\zs-\w\+" " highlight the keywords within allVarOptions: " note: because '-' is an iskeyword character, you have to " use a match instead. syntax match allVarOptionKeywords contained containedin=allVarOptions \ "\v%(command|fill|pady|padx|)" Hope that helps, regards, Peter --- Robert Hicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Charles E Campbell Jr wrote: > > Robert Hicks wrote: > > > >> A word can be anything really, so it would be from "-" to the end. > >> > >> So something like: > >> > >> syn match MyVarOption "\<-\w\+\>" > > > > Unless - is part of normal keyword characters (see :he 'iskeyword'), the > > \<- isn't going to help. > > Probably you want > > > > syn match MyVarOption "\%(\s\|^\)\zs-\w\+\>" > > According to the isk help file "-" is a keyword character. I am trying > to update the Tcl syntax file a bit. Tk has lots of options that start > with the "-" character. I was hoping that the above would make it easy > to highlight all of the options without a lot of fuss. > > Is it possible to create a keyword group and then do a match with those > words and if they are prefixed with a "-" to color them a certain way? A > couple of the actual ones would be: > > -command > -menu > -fill > -pady > -padx > -tearoff > -label > -text > -height > -width > -justify > > and the list goes on. And you can see why I was hoping a simple match > would do it. :-) > > :Robert > > Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com
