Re: Syntax match first word of line

On Tue, Dec 27, 2016 at 08:59:18AM -0800, Ni Va wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I would like to syntax match the first word but don't know the syntax
>
> syn match firstWordMatch /^\s\+\w\+/
>
> How to map just the \(\w\+\) pattern inside global pattern ?

Add \zs, which specifies where to start the match.

syn match firstWordMatch /^\s\+\zs\w\+/

:help /\zs

-Bryan

p.s. Your search pattern is finding the first word that follows some
whitespace, since you used \s\+ ("ONE or more whitespace chars"). Is
that what you meant? If you wanted "the first word, no exceptions" you
would use \s* to find "ZERO or more whitespace chars".

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