Thanks - the \| syntax worked !!
On Aug 17, 12:16 am, Peter Hodge <[email protected]> wrote:
> In Vim regex, you should use '\|' instead of just '|':
>
> syntax match myTag /Mon\|Tue\|Wed/
>
> Most times, you can use a keyword instead, they are faster:
>
> syntax case match
> syntax keyword myTag Mon Tue Wed
>
> regards,
> Peter
>
> --- On Mon, 17/8/09, Arco <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > From: Arco <[email protected]>
> > Subject: Syntax Highlighting / Regexp
> > To: "vim_use" <[email protected]>
> > Received: Monday, 17 August, 2009, 2:07 PM
>
> > I'm setting up syntax highlighting for a custom file
> > type. Everything
> > works great except this regexp:
>
> > syntax match myTag /Mon|Tue|Wed/
>
> > 'myTag' is supposed to match "Mon" or "Tue" or "Wed"
> > - but it won't
> > work.
>
> > My workaround is to have three statements in my
> > <lang>.vim syntax
> > file:
>
> > syntax match myTag /Mon/
> > syntax match myTag /Tue/
> > syntax match myTag /Wed/
>
> > How do I make this work with just one statement ?!?!?
>
>
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