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zsh-syntax-highlighting / highlighters / regexp
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This is the `regexp` highlighter, that highlights user-defined regular expressions. It's similar to pattern highlighter, but allows more complex patterns.
This is the `regexp` highlighter, that highlights user-defined regular
expressions. It's similar to the [`pattern`](pattern.md) highlighter, but
allows more complex patterns.
### How to tweak it
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ZSH_HIGHLIGHT_REGEXP+=('\bsudo\b' fg=123,bold)
This will highlight "sudo" only if it's surrounded by word boundary, i.e. "sudo cmd", but not "sudoedit"
This will highlight "sudo" only as a complete word, i.e., "sudo cmd", but not
"sudoedit"
The syntax for values is the same as the syntax of "types of highlighting" of
the zsh builtin `$zle_highlight` array, which is documented in [the `zshzle(1)`
manual page][zshzle-Character-Highlighting].
See also: [regular expressions on wikipedia][regexp-wiki], zsh regexp operator `=~` in [zsh manual page][zsh-man-regexp]
See also: [regular expressions tutorial][perlretut], zsh regexp operator `=~`
in [the `zshmisc(1)` manual page][zsh-man-regexp]
[zshzle-Character-Highlighting]: http://zsh.sourceforge.net/Doc/Release/Zsh-Line-Editor.html#Character-Highlighting
[regexp-wiki]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regular_expression
[perlretut]: http://perldoc.perl.org/perlretut.html
[zsh-man-regexp]: http://zsh.sourceforge.net/Doc/Release/Conditional-Expressions.html#Conditional-Expressions