Re: [Nano-devel] ruby syntax highlight patterns REDUX

[John M. Gabriele]

--- I wrote: 
> --- I wrote:
> > --- I wrote:
> > 
> > [snip] The only critical thing to fix now is to
> > get the comment highlighting not to interfere with expression
> > substitution inside double-quoted strings.
> > 
> > [snip]
> > 
> > ## Comments.
> > ## How do I make this work everywhere *except* inside a string? XXX
> > color cyan "#.*$"
> > 
> 
> [snip]
> 
> color cyan "#[^{].*$"
> 

Ok, looks like that one fails when there's only one lone comment sign
on a line by itself. Since I want the pattern to match either when there's
a comment sign + not-a-{ sign + whatever, *or* when it's just a comment
sign by itself, the following pattern works:

color cyan "#[^{].*$" "#$"

---John


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