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| author | Gregory Anders <greg@gpanders.com> | 2023-08-20 19:14:03 +0200 |
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| committer | Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> | 2023-08-20 19:14:03 +0200 |
| commit | d4376dc3ebea91abcb4d9ef9963ef5b968048b78 (patch) | |
| tree | 7adad0a7f8a0a82323c276354f33d1105a82a5a8 /runtime/doc/syntax.txt | |
| parent | bedc69f9d67b117ab05aa735c701cd3899d1ae2d (diff) | |
patch 9.0.1767: '.-' no allowed in highlight group namesv9.0.1767
Problem: '.-' no allowed in highlight group names
Solution: Allow dot and hyphen characters in highlight group names
Allow dots and hyphens in group names. There does not seem
to be any reason for these to be disallowed.
closes: #12807
Signed-off-by: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
Co-authored-by: Gregory Anders <greg@gpanders.com>
Co-authored-by: Sean Dewar <seandewar@users.noreply.github.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'runtime/doc/syntax.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | runtime/doc/syntax.txt | 8 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/runtime/doc/syntax.txt b/runtime/doc/syntax.txt index 8a5e5f4c9c..17f81391a9 100644 --- a/runtime/doc/syntax.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/syntax.txt @@ -214,10 +214,10 @@ A syntax group name is to be used for syntax items that match the same kind of thing. These are then linked to a highlight group that specifies the color. A syntax group name doesn't specify any color or attributes itself. -The name for a highlight or syntax group must consist of ASCII letters, digits -and the underscore. As a regexp: "[a-zA-Z0-9_]*". However, Vim does not give -an error when using other characters. The maximum length of a group name is -about 200 bytes. *E1249* +The name for a highlight or syntax group must consist of ASCII letters, +digits, underscores, dots, or hyphens. As a regexp: "[a-zA-Z0-9_.-]*". +However, Vim does not give an error when using other characters. The maximum +length of a group name is about 200 bytes. *E1249* To be able to allow each user to pick their favorite set of colors, there must be preferred names for highlight groups that are common for many languages. |