Re: syntax highlight unusual strings

Am 28.06.2011 22:22, schrieb Andy Wokula:
> Am 28.06.2011 21:47, schrieb cyboman:
>> my company is using a propitiatory language. there are 4 kind of
>> different kind of strings that can be defined.
>>
>> i"mystring"
>> x"mystring"
>> b"mystring"
>> "mystring"
>>
>> i'm writing a syntax file and want to be able to highlight strings in
>> a regular manner except when they start with a letter, i.e. i want
>> everything that is quoted to be highlighted as a regular string but i
>> want the letters i,x and b that stand in front of the quotation marks
>> to be highlighted with a different color.
>>
>> right now i have the following code for the strings:
>>
>> syn region myRegularString start=/"/ end=/"/
>> syn region myByteString start=/b"/ end=/"/
>> syn region myHexString start=/x"/ end=/"/
>> syn region myOtherString start=/i"/ end=/"/
>>
>> hi def link myRegularString myString
>> hi def link myByteString myString
>> hi def link myHexString myString
>> hi def link myOtherString myString
>>
>> hi def link myString string
>>
>> any ideas on how to improve it to achieve the goal stated above is
>> appreciated.

think I get it wrong ... try this one

syn match myByteLetter /b"/me=e-1 nextgroup=myRegularString
syn match myHexLetter /x"/me=e-1 nextgroup=myRegularString
syn match myOtherLetter /i"/me=e-1 nextgroup=myRegularString

syn region myRegularString start=/"/ end=/"/

hi link myRegularString String
hi link myByteLetter PreProc
hi link myHexLetter Identifier
hi link myOtherLetter Type

--
Andy

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