"Jonathan del Strother" <maillist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Johannes already convinced me to do it as a separate patch. Andreas > seems to think that even if that change were in a separate patch, it > is pure nonsense. I think it's pretty subjective - I was just making > things consistent. I think the discussion is getting into personal preference, but I do agree making things consistent is good. Short and simple ones can stay the same as before, but I'd actually prefer doing ones on multiple lines like this: { "java", /* Do not match these keywords */ "!^[ \t]*\\(catch\\|do\\|for\\|if\\|instanceof\\|" "new\\|return\\|switch\\|throw\\|while\\)\n" /* possibly indented "foo bar(..." */ "^[ \t]*\\(\\([ \t]*[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z_0-9]*\\)\\{2,\\}[ \t]*([^;]*\\)$" }, { "objc", /* Do not match with these C statements */ "!^[ \t]*\\(do\\|for\\|if\\|else\\|return\\|switch\\|while\\)\n" /* Objective-C methods "-(fo*&^)%*&%$^" or "+(bar&^)%$#$%" */ "^[ \t]*\\([-+][ \t]*([ \t]*[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z_0-9]*.*).*\\)$" "\\|" /* C functions "foo bar(..." */ "^[ \t]*\\(\\([ \t]*[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z_0-9]*\\)\\{2,\\}[ \t]*([^;]*\\)$" "\\|" /* Objective-C class/protocol definitions */ "^@\\(implementation\\|interface\\|protocol\\).*" }, That is: - The pattern string indented to align with the pattern name; - Indent second and later lines of a single alternatives list that is split over multiple physical lines; Are you sure the regexp you have for Objective-C methods quotes a dot "." correctly, by the way? It appears to match almost anything enclosed in a pair of parentheses, as long as you have two alpha after open paren. Also I am not sure if you can do the pattern alternates the way you did. If you have this: "...\\(A\\|B\\)$" "\\|" "...\\(C\\|D\\)$" A and B will be captured as $1 but wouldn't C or D captured as $2? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html