I have found that using patterns with lookahead/lookbehind works reasonably well in most cases (for this syntax at least). It feels like overkill though and is harder to maintain because I may need to change patterns in two or more places instead of one.
Den tis 23 aug. 2022 20:45M <matthewtara...@gmail.com> skrev: > > вт, 23 авг. 2022 г. в 20:02, Charles Campbell <campb...@drchip.org>: > >> BPJ wrote: >> > For my DSL I have a syntax region for text between a pair of >> > delimiters inside which other syntax items should come in a specific >> > order, say first dslFoo, then dslBar, then dslBaz. >> > I can use nextgroup=dslBar to declare which item should come after >> > dslFoo and so on, but how do I declare that the first item inside the >> > region must be a dslFoo? Is there a better approach than defining the >> > opening delimiter as a match item to be followed by a dslFoo item and >> > so on, but doesn't that prevent me from using contains and >> > containedin? I wish I could do something like firstcontained=dslFoo on >> > the region. >> > >> > What is the best way to do this? >> > >> > /bpj >> > >> Good luck with getting this! I've asked for it over a decade ago. Bottom >> line: currently, you can't. >> >> Uses: region would start properly but, since its a region, would allow >> it to be folded, syntax changed (perl/tex/sh) for start/end patterns, etc. >> >> Chip Campbell >> >> -- >> -- >> 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 vim_use+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/8baf4165-1e94-9032-3d83-15aee8a82f61%40drchip.org >> . >> > > What if you define dslFoo after both dslBar and dslBaz? Won't it be enough? > > Kind regards, > Matvey > > -- > -- > 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 vim_use+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/CAFsTB%2BLNgaMqk5Epkpqi%3DCcPGESXPxcM8M8p1jH_Sqwg6R%2B0Jg%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/CAFsTB%2BLNgaMqk5Epkpqi%3DCcPGESXPxcM8M8p1jH_Sqwg6R%2B0Jg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- -- 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 vim_use+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/CADAJKhA2CQcM9NBd%3D8WFq7pyPdyuZ4Jm0DJPzqt-RsqapOj1Og%40mail.gmail.com.
