hehe, works like a charm now :) thx again Eric! have a great day Z On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 6:03 AM, Eric Abrahamsen wrote: > Xebar Saram writes: > > > Thank you Eric and Jambunathan > > > > Eric: i tried with the added backslash but that dosent seem to work > > as well, would you mind testing the snippet below on your system? is > > it still something wrong im doing? > > > > ;test > > (font-lock-add-keywords > > 'org-mode > > '(("\\b[Ss]alt\\b)" (0 '(:weight ultra-bold :foregroun "#FF9800") > > t)))) > > What!? You mean I should actually test my suggestions!? :) > > You've got one more typo I didn't see -- there's a spurious close > parenthesis at the end of the regexp, just inside the quote. I promise I > actually tried it this time, and taking that parenthesis out works! > > E > > > Jambunathan: hi-lock-mode looks interesting and i will investigate > > it soon, is it per file settings, or can you define a word/fg-bg rule > > that will apply to all files? > > > > thanks alot guys, really appreciate it! > > > > > > > > On Sun, Nov 3, 2013 at 6:15 AM, Eric Abrahamsen < > > eric@ericabrahamsen.net> wrote: > >> > >> Xebar Saram writes: > >> > >> > Thanks Eric , really appreciate the continuous help! > >> > > >> > i do plan to get into rexeg on the future (i promise :)) but real > >> > life now just allow me to allocate time (i started an assistant > >> > professor position and time is at a huge premium..). > >> > > >> > i tried using this as i tried to understand from your email, but > > i > >> > guess im again doing something wrong. shouldn't the below example > >> > color "salt", it dosent see to work. > >> > > >> > ;test > >> > (font-lock-add-keywords > >> > 'org-mode > >> > '(("\b[Ss]alt\\b)" (0 '(:weight ultra-bold :foregroun "#FF9800") > >> > t)))) > >> > >> Looks like you're missing a backslash at the beginning of the > > regexp -- > >> make sure it reads "\\b... > >> > >> E > >> > >> > thank you for all your help > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > On Sat, Nov 2, 2013 at 12:15 PM, Eric Abrahamsen < > >> > eric@ericabrahamsen.net> wrote: > >> > > >> > Xebar Saram writes: > >> > > >> > > Hi again all > >> > > > >> > > i have been using the before discussed font lock with great > >> > success > >> > > over the past few weeks, thx alot for that tip! > >> > > > >> > > one short question i have from using it thourhgly is > > weather > >> > its > >> > > possible to color specific words , IE not just text bound > >> > between > >> > > symbols ( ie > !text! ) but rather lets say i always want > > to > >> > make the > >> > > word server appear with blue FG. is this possible? > > currently i > >> > tried > >> > > > >> > > (font-lock-add-keywords > >> > > 'org-mode > >> > > '(("\\(server[^server\n]+server\\)" (0 '(:foreground "# > > 000000" > >> > > :underline t :background "#FF9AEA" :weight ultra-bold) > > t)))) > >> > > >> > At some point you're definitely going to want to read up on > >> > regular > >> > expressions! > >> > > >> > But in the meantime yes, it's entirely (mostly) possible. A > >> > regular > >> > expression is just a way of finding desired pieces of text in > > a > >> > larger > >> > run of text. Think of the regexp as an instruction that > > starts: > >> > "Find > >> > all pieces of text that are..." > >> > > >> > All the special regexp characters are just a way of making > > the > >> > instruction general (_any_ number, four of _any_ character, > >> > _anything_ > >> > that's not a "p"). > >> > > >> > In the most basic case, however, a regexp is simply the text > > you > >> > want to > >> > find: "Find all pieces of text that are 'server'". In this > > case, > >> > that's > >> > your regexp: "server". > >> > > >> > The reason regexps are difficult, of course, is that they > > can't > >> > read > >> > your mind, and will find things you didn't want, and not find > >> > things you > >> > did want. So much of messing with regexps is telling them: > > _yes_ > >> > this > >> > too, _no_ not that. In your case, you'd probably want to put > > word > >> > boundaries around the regexp ("\b" on either side), and find > > both > >> > capitalized and lowercase instances of the word. So your > >> > instruction > >> > might be: > >> > > >> > "Find all pieces of text that are 'server' or 'Server', but > > only > >> > as a > >> > complete word." > >> > > >> > Which would look like > >> > > >> > "\\b[Ss]erver\\b" > >> > > >> > Give that a shot. You're jumping into the middle of something > >> > fairly > >> > complicated, so be patient and go slow! > >> > > >> > E > >> > > >> > > instead of the original > >> > > > >> > > (font-lock-add-keywords > >> > > 'org-mode > >> > > '(("\\(₆[^₆\n]+₆\\)" (0 '(:foreground "#000000" :underline > > t > >> > > :background "#FF9AEA" :weight ultra-bold) t)))) > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > again i apologize for my regrex ignorance :) > >> > > > >> > > best > >> > > > >> > > Z > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > On Sun, Oct 6, 2013 at 8:04 AM, Eric Abrahamsen < > >> > > eric@ericabrahamsen.net> wrote: > >> > > > >> > > Xebar Saram writes: > >> > > > >> > > > thx again Eric > >> > > > > >> > > > i still have an issue with this when one of the > > symbols > >> > used to > >> > > start > >> > > > /end the highlight is used in a sentence, for example > >> > using > >> > > your > >> > > > code: > >> > > > > >> > > > (font-lock-add-keywords > >> > > > 'org-mode > >> > > > '(("-1-\\([^-1-]+\\)-1-" (0 '(:weight ultra-bold > >> > :background " > >> > > # > >> > > > DDFFDD" :foreground "#000000") t)))) > >> > > > > >> > > > if i write this: > >> > > > > >> > > > -1- this is a test of 1x1 to show higlight -1- > >> > > > > >> > > > it will kill the highlight, if i use the same text > >> > omitting the > >> > > '1' > >> > > > it works well, anyway around this issue? i thought it > >> > would > >> > > have > >> > > > matcehd -1- but it seems it matches also just 1 by > > itself > >> > > > > >> > > > best wishes and thx again > >> > > > >> > > Yup, the things inside the [^] construct, to _not_ be > >> > matched, > >> > > are > >> > > treated as a list of single characters. So you're > > saying > >> > > "anything > >> > > that's not a '1' or a '-'," but then you've got a '1' > > in > >> > the > >> > > middle of > >> > > the line. If you want the highlighting to include any > >> > character, > >> > > but not > >> > > span newlines, you could just use [^\n] instead. > >> > > > >> > > At this point you'll probably want to read the regular > >> > expression > >> > > part > >> > > of the manual: > >> > > > >> > > (elisp) Regular Expressions > >> > > > >> > > I think you mentioned you don't have a lot of > > programming > >> > > experience. > >> > > That's a bit unfortunate, since regexps aren't a great > >> > place to > >> > > start! > >> > > I'd recommend getting something that's "close enough", > > and > >> > not > >> > > going > >> > > down the rabbit hole of perfect. Then start at the top > > of > >> > the > >> > > introduction to elisp... > >> > > > >> > > Good luck, > >> > > Eric > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > > >