nano

commit 0694c616a2897fa1ab227663da2a7add2de05231
parent 8e456bab9f0cf79f55682a5ee29f8d2f205dbe4f
Author: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@telfort.nl>
Date:   Fri, 14 Feb 2025 16:39:25 +0100

syntax: man: highlight some escapes, like \& and \(em, specially

This helps prevent reading things like \e and \(em as text.

Diffstat:
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syntax/man.nanorc
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3
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1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/syntax/man.nanorc b/syntax/man.nanorc
@@ -14,8 +14,9 @@ color brightred "^\.(B[IR]?|I[BR]?|RB|RI|SB|SM|SY|OP) .*"
 color brightblue "^\.((B[IR]?|I[BR]?|RB|RI|SB|SM|SY|OP) |YS$)"
 # Inline type faces.
 color magenta "\\f[BIPR]"
+# Some escapes:
+color purple "\\([%&:e~]|\(e[mn])"
 # Hyphenation control.
-color purple "\\[%:]"
 color yellow "^\.(hc|hla|hlm|hw|hy)"
 # Relative margins, hyperlinks, and various other stuff.
 color yellow "^\.(RS|RE|UR|UE|MT|ME|EX|EE|PD|DT)"