Hi, Robert schrieb am 13.07.2018 um 15:29: > On Friday, July 13, 2018 at 3:05:03 AM UTC-4, Lifepillar wrote: >> On 13/07/2018 06:37, Robert wrote: >>> On Thursday, July 12, 2018 at 10:51:40 PM UTC-4, Robert wrote: >>>> I am creating a vim syntax file for GNU Rec as an exercise in creating a >>>> new syntax file. >>>> >>>> The things that I need colored are: >>>> >>>> %word: >>>> + >>>> word: >>>> # comment >>> […] >>> Had a late work night so did this: >>> >>> syntax match recField "\v^\w+:\s" >>> syntax match recPlus "^+\s" >>> syntax match recComment "^#.*" >>> >>> syntax region recDesc start="^%" end=":" contains=recField >>> >>> Everything works. Are those "optimal"? >> >> According to `:h syn-pattern`, syntax patterns are always interpreted >> as if 'magic' is on, so \v can be removed. >> >> >> Life. > > If I take off the \v it breaks. So there is something wrong with how I am > doing it. > > -- > Bob >
"\v" means "very magic", not "magic". By removing "\v", the "+" in your first pattern is taken literally, not as a quantifier. Regards, Jürgen -- ~ ~ ~ :wq -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
