Re: creating syntax file - syn match problem

On Mar 4, 10:55 am, Tarlika Elisabeth Schmitz
<v...@numerixtechnology.de> wrote:
>
> This virtually does what I want:
>
> syn region  xyzCode matchgroup=xyzCodeMark start='{{{' end='}}}'
> syn region  xyzCode matchgroup=xyzCodeMark start='{{{{' end='}}}}'
>
> with one exception:
> When the code block is started with more than 3 braces, the opening set
> of braces must be followed by [spaces] and a new line. The code has to
> be placed on the next line. The closing braces can be on the same line
> as the last code.
>

As I suggested before, use a zero-width match, or even better a \ze:

syn region xyzCode matchgroup=xyzCodeMark start='{{{{\ze\s*$'
end='}}}}'

:he /\ze
:he zero-width (not used but it could have been)

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