Re: [Nano-devel] aggressive C color highlighting

[David Lawrence Ramsey]

Mike Frysinger wrote:
> the comment highlighting:
> color brightblue "//.*"
> color brightblue start="/\*" end="\*/"
>
> will incorrectly match this C code:
>     //*foo = 'd';
>     *foo = 'c';
>
> i'd like to change this to:
> color brightblue "//.*"
> color brightblue start="[^/]/\*" end="\*/"
>
> but then that would match the ; here:
>     foo = 'd';/* foo */
>
> any ideas ?

How about this?

color brightblue "//.*"
color brightblue start="(/){1}\*" end="\*(/){1}"