On Friday, July 13, 2018 at 12:25:29 PM UTC-4, Lifepillar wrote:
> >>> On Friday, July 13, 2018 at 3:05:03 AM UTC-4, Lifepillar wrote:
>
> >>>> According to `:h syn-pattern`, syntax patterns are always interpreted
> >>>> as if 'magic' is on, so \v can be removed.
> >>>
> >>> If I take off the \v it breaks. So there is something wrong with how I am doing it.
> >>
> >> "\v" means "very magic", not "magic". By removing "\v", the "+" in your first pattern
> >> is taken literally, not as a quantifier.
> >
> > Excellent. That works now. :)
>
> Then I was misinterpreting the documentation. Apparently,
> syntax patterns ignore the 'magic' option, but not explicit
> flags in the regexp itself. Which makes sense, after all.
>
> Sorry for the noise,
> Life.
No no, your post made me try another tweak. I appreciate it.
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