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| zsh-syntax-highlighting / highlighters / regexp
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| 
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| This is the `regexp` highlighter, that highlights user-defined regular
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| expressions. It's similar to the `pattern` highlighter, but allows more complex
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| patterns.
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| 
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| ### How to tweak it
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| 
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| To use this highlighter, associate regular expressions with styles in the
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| `ZSH_HIGHLIGHT_REGEXP` associative array, for example in `~/.zshrc`:
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| 
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| ```zsh
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| typeset -A ZSH_HIGHLIGHT_PATTERNS
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| ZSH_HIGHLIGHT_REGEXP+=('\bsudo\b' fg=123,bold)
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| ```
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| 
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| This will highlight "sudo" only as a complete word, i.e., "sudo cmd", but not
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| "sudoedit"
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| 
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| The syntax for values is the same as the syntax of "types of highlighting" of
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| the zsh builtin `$zle_highlight` array, which is documented in [the `zshzle(1)`
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| manual page][zshzle-Character-Highlighting].
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| 
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| See also: [regular expressions tutorial][perlretut], zsh regexp operator `=~`
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| in [the `zshmisc(1)` manual page][zshmisc-Conditional-Expressions]
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| 
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| [zshzle-Character-Highlighting]: http://zsh.sourceforge.net/Doc/Release/Zsh-Line-Editor.html#Character-Highlighting
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| [perlretut]: http://perldoc.perl.org/perlretut.html
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| [zshmisc-Conditional-Expressions]: http://zsh.sourceforge.net/Doc/Release/Conditional-Expressions.html#Conditional-Expressions
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