Regular expressions for syntax highlighting

MattNachos2 · Mar 06, 2005#12005-03-06T23:33+00:00

Is there a way to match a symbol to a regular expression for the purposes of highlighting it?

For example, I'd like symbols defined in all uppercase to have one color and symbols defined in all lowercase to have another.

Thanks

Mofi · Mar 12, 2005#22005-03-12T16:12+00:00

No! Regular expressions can only be used for the function list.

But I have a workaround for your problem. Make sure the language is case sensitive - language definition line without Nocase. Copy following lines to your language.

/C1"Upper case"
** A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
/C2"Lower case"
** a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

This is not perfect, because it simply highlights all words starting with an upper case letter with color 1 and all words starting with a lower case letter with color 2, independent of the case of the other letters of the word. But maybe this will help and is enough for you.