Re: [Nano-devel] [PATCH] syntax: sh: color options distinctively, and color also long options

[Benno Schulenberg]

Op 29-03-18 om 10:44 schreef Brand Huntsman:
> Unlikely? I have thousands of files with double hyphens and also use them in
> function/script names (category/namespace--...). I use my own shell syntax so
> this won't hurt me. But nano shouldn't try to color every character in a
> syntax, less is more. It should only colorize known keywords, not what might
> be something, but often isn't. Single/double hyphen options are not built into
> any shell language, it is just how many programs interpret certain arguments.

In general: true.  But I like it too much that the options, and especially
the long options, get colored.  So I have pushed a mitigation (cf1129a8):
an option must be preceded by whitespace in order to get colored.

Benno

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