Re: back references in syntax region skip/end patterns

On Sat, 26 Mar 2011, Roald wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm trying write a syntax file for (a subset of) YAML, mainly to
> provide nice folding. It would not be so hard (I think) if I could use
> back references in the skip and end patterns (referring back to the
> start pattern), but that appears not to be allowed. Does anybody know
> a way to do this?

It sounds like you're looking for what's described at:

:help /\z(

Basically, insert a 'z' between the \( that normally opens a capture
group, and between the corresponding back reference: \z1 instead of \1,
\z2 instead of \2, etc.

There's an example of its use in :syntax region below the help.

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Best,
Ben

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