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'help.vim' syntax file, example string to match 'helpHeadline' element


I am playing with vim syntax files and using help.vim as a guide to create my own syntax file. Changes I make in my syntax file are correctly applied in a test file but my problem is with creating a string to match helpHeadline; it's definition is:

syn match helpHeadline "^[-A-Z .][-A-Z0-9 .()]*[ \t]\+\*"me=e-1

Can anyone give me an example string that would match it please.


Solution

  • The comment from @hwnd helped me to find the answer myself.

    An example string would be:

    ABC *
    

    Note the text at the end of the regular expression me=e-1 is not part of the regular expression but is a vim script statement used in syntax files.