The MARK_PREVIOUS
rule, which must be placed inside a
RULES
tag, highlights from the end of the
previous syntax token to the matched text. The text to match
is specified between opening and closing MARK_PREVIOUS
tags. The following attributes are supported:
TYPE
- The token type to highlight the
text with. See the section called “Token Types” for a list of token
types.
AT_LINE_START
- If set to
TRUE
, the sequence will only be highlighted if it occurs
at the beginning of a line.
AT_WHITESPACE_END
- If set to
TRUE
, the sequence will only be highlighted if it is
the first non-whitespace text in the line.
AT_WORD_START
- If set to
TRUE
, the sequence will only be highlighted if
it occurs at the beginning of a word.
EXCLUDE_MATCH
- If set to
TRUE
, the match will not be highlighted,
only the text before it will.
Here is a rule that highlights labels in Java mode (for example, “XXX:”):
<MARK_PREVIOUS AT_WHITESPACE_END="TRUE" EXCLUDE_MATCH="TRUE">:</MARK_PREVIOUS>