On Friday, July 13, 2018 at 9:54:42 AM UTC-4, [email protected] wrote: > 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
Excellent. That works now. :) -- Bob -- -- 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.
