Den lör 23 nov. 2024 14:35'c.willis111 ' via vim_use < vim_use@googlegroups.com> skrev:
> > > > > ------ Original Message ------ > From: b...@melroch.se > To: b...@melroch.se Cc: vim_use@googlegroups.com > Sent: Saturday, November 23rd 2024, 13:25 > Subject: Syntax: Using \v (very magic) in patterns in syntax files > > I have noticed that patterns in published syntax files never use the `\v` > (very magic) modifier. Is there any deeper reason than people's preferences > for this? Being used to Perl patterns I practically always use it and find > it hard to keep track of when to use backslashes when not using it. The > result is that more or less subtle errors creep in when I'm writing a > syntax file, so I'd prefer to use it unless it's a Really Bad Idea. > > > > Hi > > I deeply sympathise with you. It seems complete madness that the slashing > is different for various quantifiers. (* recognised as a meta character, > but not + or ?). My reading of the help suggests that very magic doesn't > cure this. > > > > It does in that all ASCII punctuation characters can be escaped to be "normal" and those that are metacharacters are meta when not escaped. Word characters, quite sensibly do still need a backslash to be meta. That's consistent enough for me. regards - Chris > > -- > -- > 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 unsubscr...@googlegroups.com">vim_use+ > unsubscr...@googlegroups.com <vim_use+%3Cspan+class=>. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/CADAJKhB8xGaYuvoY9-ZOu2%2BNifq4gbmP_x6TY%3Ddh-T2JkQN8%3Dw%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/CADAJKhB8xGaYuvoY9-ZOu2%2BNifq4gbmP_x6TY%3Ddh-T2JkQN8%3Dw%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 visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/304a56a7.2408d.193593adb00.Webtop.251%40btinternet.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/304a56a7.2408d.193593adb00.Webtop.251%40btinternet.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 visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/CADAJKhA4ztK4E-8fcDX40xn0s9hBg5v4VQ6URJmUm9E3967Jfw%40mail.gmail.com.
