I would like to suggest a way to use regular expressions inside the /C1, /C2, /C3, etc. sections.

The language we use most with our work is Foxpro, which notoriously reuses keywords.

For example, "alias" is both a function and a flag for the "use" command.

If I had all of my commands and flags the color green and my functions the color red, the following line would look kind of funky:
It currently looks like this, with the colors in brackets applying to the previous word:

use shared f:\salesdata\terms alias salesterms
? alias("salesterms")


Where I would want it too look like this:

use shared f:\salesdata\terms alias salesterms
? alias("salesterms")


If I were able to specify as the criteria in the /C section for commands:
it would work like I want it too.

This requires giving the things that we want used in this regex, so I guess it would look similar to the replace section of the find and replace.
In my example above, the part after the pipe (it wouldn't have to be a pipe!) would be what to highlight.


Alternatively, if I wanted the flags to be a different color from the command, I could split the example into two /C sections.
This would give:

use shared f:\salesdata\terms alias salesterms
? alias("salesterms")


Also, I haven't seen how v15 does colors, but I've heard its in the wordfile. Please excuse my formating above for the colors.

What does everyone think about this?

(BTW: I submitted this as a suggestion to IDM today.)

I suggested to IDM that they implement regular expressions in their word file syntax definitions a couple years ago. I agree that it would be a welcome improvement over the current system. Thanks for suggesting it.

This is still not possible, right? I know you can do this with Textmate. Would be neat to be able to define patterns that should be styled a certain way in UltraEdit, too.