On 19/12/08 08:27, [email protected] wrote:
>
> I am trying to create a syntax file and I am having trouble in marking
> out a comment region. The comment starts with an asterisk with the
> first non white space character preceding it (including newlines) a
> semi-colon. The comment ends with a semi colon.
>
> For example everything between (and including) the asterisk and the
> semi colon is a comment:
> ;
>
> *safagdgghgh;
>
>
> In contrast, in the following case the asterisk and the semi-colon do
> not enclose a comment since the first non white space character
> preceding the asterisk is not a semi-colon
>
> 1234*abcd;
>
>
> The contents of my syntax file:
>
> syn case ignore
>
> syn region tComment start=";\_s*\zs\*" end="\;"
>
> hi tComment term=bold cterm=NONE ctermfg=Red ctermbg=Black
> gui=NONE guifg=Red guibg=White
> syn sync fromstart
>
>
> With the above, the following line gets colored correctly:
> ; *adsafasff;
>
> with everything between the asterisk and the semi-colon colored red.
>
> However, it cannot deal with line breaks, and the following text
> remains unchanged:
>
> ;
>
> *adsafasff;
>
>
> The regexp starting the comment appears to be finding the right
> pattern..
>
> Is there any way I can handle line breaks?
>
> TIA,
What about (untested)
syn match tComment /;\_s*\zs\*.\_{-};/
hi link default tComment Comment
? (You may want to set ":syn sync" to a large-enough "minlines" value.
Best regards,
Tony.
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