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