Re: Syntax highlighting keywords starting with #

[Stefan Monnier]

> How do I do that? I have a script language where all the keywords start
> with #. I would like to highlight these. The regexp #[A-Z] does not
> work. The regexp [R#][A-Z]* will highlight "words" like RA, RAB, RZZ
> etc, but not #A or anything else starting with #.

> This does not work:

> (defconst psc-font-lock-keywords
>   (list
>    '("\\<[#R][A-Z]*\\>" . font-lock-builtin-face)
>    '("\\('\\w*'\\)" . font-lock-variable-name-face))

No wonder: this only defines a variable.  Where is this variable used?


        Stefan