[Gambas-user] New highlighting component (episode 2)

[T Lee Davidson]

On 10/28/23 18:50, Bruce Steers wrote:
> It is # anywhere in a line starts a comment just NOT if it is inside {curly braces}
> i changed
> from #
> to be...
> from /#\s/
> 
> but it's a workaround as i do not know syntax for # if it's not inside { }

I'm not strong on regular expressions either. But, I seem to remember reading something about 'look-ahead' and 'look-behind' 
matching. If my recall is not faulty, perhaps if a '#' in encountered, look behind to see if there is a '{' and look ahead to 
see if there is a '}'.


-- 
Lee