Fix region highlighting and skipping

Ref #8

highlighter.go

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ func NewHighlighter(def *Def) *Highlighter {
 // color's group (represented as one byte)
 type LineMatch map[int]Group
 
-func findIndex(regex *regexp.Regexp, skip []*regexp.Regexp, str []rune, canMatchStart, canMatchEnd bool) []int {
+func findIndex(regex *regexp.Regexp, skip *regexp.Regexp, str []rune, canMatchStart, canMatchEnd bool) []int {
 	regexStr := regex.String()
 	if strings.Contains(regexStr, "^") {
 		if !canMatchStart {
@@ -74,18 +74,11 @@ func findIndex(regex *regexp.Regexp, skip []*regexp.Regexp, str []rune, canMatch
 	}
 
 	var strbytes []byte
-	if skip != nil && len(skip) > 0 {
+	if skip != nil {
-		for _, r := range skip {
+		strbytes = skip.ReplaceAllFunc([]byte(string(str)), func(match []byte) []byte {
-			if r != nil {
+			res := make([]byte, utf8.RuneCount(match))
-				strbytes = r.ReplaceAllFunc([]byte(string(str)), func(match []byte) []byte {
+			return res
-					res := make([]byte, len(match))
+		})
-					// for i := 0; i < len(match); i++ {
-					//
-					// }
-					return res
-				})
-			}
-		}
 	} else {
 		strbytes = []byte(string(str))
 	}
@@ -123,22 +116,16 @@ func (h *Highlighter) highlightRegion(highlights LineMatch, start int, canMatchE
 
 	if start == 0 {
 		if !statesOnly {
-			highlights[0] = curRegion.group
+			if _, ok := highlights[0]; !ok {
+				highlights[0] = curRegion.group
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
-	skips := make([]*regexp.Regexp, len(curRegion.rules.patterns)+1)
+	loc := findIndex(curRegion.end, curRegion.skip, line, start == 0, canMatchEnd)
-	for i := range skips {
-		if i != len(skips)-1 {
-			skips[i] = curRegion.rules.patterns[i].regex
-		} else {
-			skips[i] = curRegion.skip
-		}
-	}
-	loc := findIndex(curRegion.end, skips, line, start == 0, canMatchEnd)
 	if loc != nil {
 		if !statesOnly {
-			highlights[start+loc[1]-1] = curRegion.group
+			highlights[start+loc[0]] = curRegion.limitGroup
 		}
 		if curRegion.parent == nil {
 			if !statesOnly {
@@ -177,7 +164,7 @@ func (h *Highlighter) highlightRegion(highlights LineMatch, start int, canMatchE
 		}
 	}
 	if firstLoc[0] != len(line) {
-		highlights[start+firstLoc[0]] = firstRegion.group
+		highlights[start+firstLoc[0]] = firstRegion.limitGroup
 		h.highlightRegion(highlights, start, false, lineNum, line[:firstLoc[0]], curRegion, statesOnly)
 		h.highlightRegion(highlights, start+firstLoc[1], canMatchEnd, lineNum, line[firstLoc[1]:], firstRegion, statesOnly)
 		return highlights
@@ -198,9 +185,9 @@ func (h *Highlighter) highlightRegion(highlights LineMatch, start int, canMatchE
 	}
 	for i, h := range fullHighlights {
 		if i == 0 || h != fullHighlights[i-1] {
-			if _, ok := highlights[start+i]; !ok {
+			// if _, ok := highlights[start+i]; !ok {
-				highlights[start+i] = h
+			highlights[start+i] = h
-			}
+			// }
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -232,7 +219,7 @@ func (h *Highlighter) highlightEmptyRegion(highlights LineMatch, start int, canM
 	}
 	if firstLoc[0] != len(line) {
 		if !statesOnly {
-			highlights[start+firstLoc[0]] = firstRegion.group
+			highlights[start+firstLoc[0]] = firstRegion.limitGroup
 		}
 		h.highlightEmptyRegion(highlights, start, false, lineNum, line[:firstLoc[0]], statesOnly)
 		h.highlightRegion(highlights, start+firstLoc[1], canMatchEnd, lineNum, line[firstLoc[1]:], firstRegion, statesOnly)
@@ -258,9 +245,9 @@ func (h *Highlighter) highlightEmptyRegion(highlights LineMatch, start int, canM
 	}
 	for i, h := range fullHighlights {
 		if i == 0 || h != fullHighlights[i-1] {
-			if _, ok := highlights[start+i]; !ok {
+			// if _, ok := highlights[start+i]; !ok {
-				highlights[start+i] = h
+			highlights[start+i] = h
-			}
+			// }
 		}
 	}
 

parser.go

@@ -57,12 +57,13 @@ type rules struct {
 // region and also rules from the above region do not match inside this region
 // Note that a region may contain more regions
 type region struct {
-	group  Group
+	group      Group
-	parent *region
+	limitGroup Group
-	start  *regexp.Regexp
+	parent     *region
-	end    *regexp.Regexp
+	start      *regexp.Regexp
-	skip   *regexp.Regexp
+	end        *regexp.Regexp
-	rules  *rules
+	skip       *regexp.Regexp
+	rules      *rules
 }
 
 func init() {
@@ -237,6 +238,23 @@ func parseRegion(group string, regionInfo map[interface{}]interface{}, prevRegio
 		}
 	}
 
+	// limit-color is optional
+	if _, ok := regionInfo["limit-group"]; ok {
+		groupStr := regionInfo["limit-group"].(string)
+		if _, ok := Groups[groupStr]; !ok {
+			numGroups++
+			Groups[groupStr] = numGroups
+		}
+		groupNum := Groups[groupStr]
+		region.limitGroup = groupNum
+
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	} else {
+		region.limitGroup = region.group
+	}
+
 	region.rules, err = parseRules(regionInfo["rules"].([]interface{}), region)
 
 	if err != nil {

syntax_files/apacheconf.yaml

@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ rules:
     - constant.string:
         start: "\""
         end: "\""
+        skip: "\\\\."
         rules:
             - constant.specialChar: "\\\\."
 

syntax_files/arduino.yaml

@@ -75,12 +75,14 @@ rules:
     - constant.string:
         start: "\""
         end: "\""
+        skip: "\\\\."
         rules:
             - constant.specialChar: "\\\\."
 
     - constant.string:
         start: "'"
         end: "'"
+        skip: "\\\\."
         rules:
             - preproc: "..+"
             - constant.specialChar: "\\\\."

syntax_files/asm.yaml

@@ -91,12 +91,14 @@ rules:
     - constant.string:
         start: "\""
         end: "\""
+        skip: "\\\\."
         rules:
             - constant.specialChar: "\\\\."
 
     - constant.string:
         start: "'"
         end: "'"
+        skip: "\\\\."
         rules:
             - constant.specialChar: "\\\\."
 

syntax_files/awk.yaml

@@ -25,12 +25,14 @@ rules:
     - constant.string:
         start: "\""
         end: "\""
+        skip: "\\\\."
         rules:
             - constant.specialChar: "\\\\."
 
     - constant.string:
         start: "'"
         end: "'"
+        skip: "\\\\."
         rules:
             - constant.specialChar: "\\\\."
 

syntax_files/c.yaml

@@ -28,12 +28,14 @@ rules:
     - constant.string:
         start: "\""
         end: "\""
+        skip: "\\\\."
         rules:
             - constant.specialChar: "\\\\."
 
     - constant.string:
         start: "'"
         end: "'"
+        skip: "\\\\."
         rules:
             - preproc: "..+"
             - constant.specialChar: "\\\\."

syntax_files/caddyfile.yaml

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ rules:
     - constant.string:
         start: "\""
         end: "\""
+        skip: "\\\\."
         rules:
             - constant.specialChar: "\\\\."
 

syntax_files/clojure.yaml

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ rules:
     - constant.string:
         start: "\""
         end: "\""
+        skip: "\\\\."
         rules:
             - constant.specialChar: "(\\\\u[0-9A-fa-f]{4,4}|\\\\newline|\\\\space|\\\\tab|\\\\formfeed|\\\\backspace|\\\\return|\\\\.)"
 

syntax_files/cmake.yaml

@@ -16,12 +16,14 @@ rules:
     - constant.string:
         start: "\""
         end: "\""
+        skip: "\\\\."
         rules:
             - constant.specialChar: "\\\\."
 
     - constant.string:
         start: "'"
         end: "'"
+        skip: "\\\\."
         rules:
             - constant.specialChar: "\\\\."
 

syntax_files/coffeescript.yaml

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ rules:
     - constant.string:
         start: "\""
         end: "\""
+        skip: "\\\\."
         rules:
             - constant.specialChar: "\\\\."
 

syntax_files/conf.yaml

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ rules:
     - constant.string:
         start: "\""
         end: "\""
+        skip: "\\\\."
         rules: []
 
     - comment:

syntax_files/cpp.yaml

@@ -29,12 +29,14 @@ rules:
     - constant.string:
         start: "\""
         end: "\""
+        skip: "\\\\."
         rules:
             - constant.specialChar: "\\\\."
 
     - constant.string:
         start: "'"
         end: "'"
+        skip: "\\\\."
         rules:
             - preproc: "..+"
             - constant.specialChar: "\\\\."

syntax_files/crystal.yaml

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 filetype: crystal
 
 detect:
-    filename: "\\.cr$|Gemfile|config.ru|Rakefile|Capfile|Vagrantfile"
+    filename: "\\.cr$"
 
 rules:
     # Asciibetical list of reserved words
@@ -33,14 +33,17 @@ rules:
     - constant.string:
         start: "\""
         end: "\""
+        skip: "\\\\."
         rules:
-            - constant.specialchar: "\\\\."
+            - constant.specialChar: "\\\\."
             - special: "#\\{[^}]*\\}"
 
     - constant.string:
         start: "'"
         end: "'"
-        rules: []
+        skip: "\\\\."
+        rules:
+            - constant.specialChar: "\\\\."
 
     - comment:
         start: "#"

syntax_files/csharp.yaml

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 filetype: csharp
 
 detect:
-    filename: "\\.cs"
+    filename: "\\.cs$"
 
 rules:
     # Class
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ rules:
     - constant.string:
         start: "\""
         end: "\""
+        skip: "\\\\."
         rules:
             - constant.specialChar: "\\\\([btnfr]|'|\\\"|\\\\)"
             - constant.specialChar: "\\\\u[A-Fa-f0-9]{4}"
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ rules:
     - constant.string:
         start: "'"
         end: "'"
+        skip: "\\\\."
         rules:
             - constant.specialChar: "\\\\([btnfr]|'|\\\"|\\\\)"
             - constant.specialChar: "\\\\u[A-Fa-f0-9]{4}"

syntax_files/cython.yaml

@@ -33,12 +33,14 @@ rules:
     - constant.string:
         start: "\""
         end: "\""
+        skip: "\\\\."
         rules:
             - constant.specialChar: "\\\\."
 
     - constant.string:
         start: "'"
         end: "'"
+        skip: "\\\\."
         rules:
             - constant.specialChar: "\\\\."
 

syntax_files/d.yaml

@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ rules:
     - constant.string: 
         start: "\""
         end: "\""
+        skip: "\\\\."
         rules: 
             - constant.specialChar: "\\\\."
     # WysiwygString

syntax_files/dart.yaml

@@ -33,12 +33,14 @@ rules:
     - constant.string:
         start: "\""
         end: "\""
+        skip: "\\\\."
         rules:
             - constant.specialChar: "\\\\."
 
     - constant.string:
         start: "'"
         end: "'"
+        skip: "\\\\."
         rules:
             - constant.specialChar: "\\\\."
 

syntax_files/dockerfile.yaml

@@ -23,12 +23,14 @@ rules:
     - constant.string:
         start: "\""
         end: "\""
+        skip: "\\\\."
         rules:
             - constant.specialChar: "\\\\."
 
     - constant.string:
         start: "'"
         end: "'"
+        skip: "\\\\."
         rules:
             - constant.specialChar: "\\\\."
 

syntax_files/dot.yaml

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ rules:
     - constant.string:
         start: "\""
         end: "\""
+        skip: "\\\\."
         rules:
             - constant.specialChar: "\\\\."
 

syntax_files/fish.yaml

@@ -30,12 +30,14 @@ rules:
     - constant.string:
         start: "\""
         end: "\""
+        skip: "\\\\."
         rules:
             - constant.specialChar: "\\\\."
 
     - constant.string:
         start: "'"
         end: "'"
+        skip: "\\\\."
         rules: []
 
     - comment:

syntax_files/fortran.yaml

@@ -44,12 +44,14 @@ rules:
     - constant.string:
         start: "\""
         end: "\""
+        skip: "\\\\."
         rules:
             - constant.specialChar: "\\\\."
 
     - constant.string:
         start: "'"
         end: "'"
+        skip: "\\\\."
         rules:
             - constant.specialChar: "\\\\."
 

syntax_files/gdscript.yaml

@@ -47,12 +47,14 @@ rules:
     - constant.string:
         start: "\""
         end: "\""
+        skip: "\\\\."
         rules:
             - constant.specialChar: "\\\\([0-7]{3}|x[A-Fa-f0-9]{2}|u[A-Fa-f0-9]{4}|U[A-Fa-f0-9]{8})"
 
     - constant.string:
         start: "'"
         end: "'"
+        skip: "\\\\."
         rules:
             - constant.specialChar: "\\\\([0-7]{3}|x[A-Fa-f0-9]{2}|u[A-Fa-f0-9]{4}|U[A-Fa-f0-9]{8})"
 

syntax_files/gentoo-ebuild.yaml

@@ -29,12 +29,14 @@ rules:
     - constant.string:
         start: "\""
         end: "\""
+        skip: "\\\\."
         rules:
             - constant.specialChar: "\\\\."
 
     - constant.string:
         start: "'"
         end: "'"
+        skip: "\\\\."
         rules:
             - constant.specialChar: "\\\\."
 

syntax_files/golo.yaml

@@ -48,12 +48,14 @@ rules:
     - constant.string:
         start: "\""
         end: "\""
+        skip: "\\\\."
         rules:
             - constant.specialChar: "\\\\."
 
     - constant.string:
         start: "'"
         end: "'"
+        skip: "\\\\."
         rules:
             - constant.specialChar: "\\\\."
 

syntax_files/haskell.yaml

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ rules:
     - constant.string:
         start: "\""
         end: "\""
+        skip: "\\\\."
         rules:
             - constant.specialChar: "\\\\."
 

syntax_files/html.yaml

@@ -1,27 +1,44 @@
 filetype: html
 
-detect:
+detect: 
     filename: "\\.htm[l]?$"
 
 rules:
-    - identifier: "<.*?>"
+    - error: "<[^!].*?>"
+    - symbol.tag: "(?i)<[/]?(a(bbr|cronym|ddress|pplet|rea|rticle|side|udio)?|b(ase(font)?|d(i|o)|ig|lockquote|r)?|ca(nvas|ption)|center|cite|co(de|l|lgroup)|d(ata(list)?|d|el|etails|fn|ialog|ir|l|t)|em(bed)?|fieldset|fig(caption|ure)|font|form|(i)?frame|frameset|h[1-6]|hr|i|img|in(put|s)|kbd|keygen|label|legend|li(nk)?|ma(in|p|rk)|menu(item)?|met(a|er)|nav|no(frames|script)|o(l|pt(group|ion)|utput)|p(aram|icture|re|rogress)?|q|r(p|t|uby)|s(trike)?|samp|se(ction|lect)|small|source|span|strong|su(b|p|mmary)|textarea|time|track|u(l)?|var|video|wbr)( .*|>)*?>"
+    - symbol.tag.extended: "(?i)<[/]?(body|div|html|head(er)?|footer|title|table|t(body|d|h(ead)?|r|foot))( .*)*?>"
     - special: "&[^;[[:space:]]]*;"
-    - statement: "(alt|bgcolor|height|href|label|longdesc|name|onclick|onfocus|onload|onmouseover|size|span|src|style|target|type|value|width)="
+    - symbol: "[:=]"
+    - identifier: "(alt|bgcolor|height|href|id|label|longdesc|name|on(click|focus|load|mouseover)|size|span|src|target|type|value|width)="
+    - constant.number: "(?i)#[0-9A-F]{6,6}"
+    # - default:
+    #     start: ">"
+    #     end: "<"
+    #     rules: []
+
+    - symbol.tag: "<|>"
+    - constant.string.url: "(ftp(s)?|http(s)?|git|chrome)://[^ 	]+"
+    - comment: "<!--.+?-->"
+    - preproc: "<!DOCTYPE.+?>"
 
     - constant.string:
         start: "\""
         end: "\""
-        rules: []
+        skip: "\\\\."
+        rules:
+            - constant.specialChar: "\\\\."
 
     - default:
         start: "<script.*?>"
         end: "</script.*?>"
+        limit-group: symbol.tag
         rules:
             - include: "javascript"
 
     - default:
         start: "<style.*?>"
         end: "</style.*?>"
+        limit-group: symbol.tag
         rules:
             - include: "css"
 

syntax_files/html4.yaml

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 filetype: html4
 
 detect: 
-    filename: "\\.htm[l]?$"
+    filename: "\\.htm[l]?4$"
     header: "<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC \"-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN|http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd\">"
 
 rules:

syntax_files/html5.yaml

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 filetype: html5
 
 detect: 
-    filename: "\\.htm[l]?$"
+    filename: "\\.htm[l]?5$"
     header: "<!DOCTYPE html5>"
 
 rules:

syntax_files/java.yaml

@@ -13,12 +13,14 @@ rules:
     - constant.string:
         start: "\""
         end: "\""
+        skip: "\\\\."
         rules:
             - constant.specialChar: "\\\\."
 
     - constant.string:
         start: "'"
         end: "'"
+        skip: "\\\\."
         rules:
             - preproc: "..+"
             - constant.specialChar: "\\\\."

syntax_files/javascript.yaml

@@ -22,12 +22,14 @@ rules:
     - constant.string:
         start: "\""
         end: "\""
+        skip: "\\\\."
         rules:
             - constant.specialChar: "\\\\."
 
     - constant.string:
         start: "'"
         end: "'"
+        skip: "\\\\."
         rules:
             - constant.specialChar: "\\\\."
 

syntax_files/json.yaml

@@ -13,12 +13,15 @@ rules:
     - constant.string: 
         start: "\""
         end: "\""
+        skip: "\\\\."
         rules:
             - constant.specialChar: "\\\\."
     - constant.string:
         start: "'"
         end: "'"
+        skip: "\\\\."
         rules:
             - constant.specialChar: "\\\\."
+
     - statement: "\\\"(\\\\\"|[^\"])*\\\"[[:space:]]*:\"  \"'(\\'|[^'])*'[[:space:]]*:"
     - constant: "\\\\u[0-9a-fA-F]{4}|\\\\[bfnrt'\"/\\\\]"

syntax_files/keymap.yaml

@@ -11,11 +11,13 @@ rules:
     - constant.string:
         start: "\""
         end: "\""
+        skip: "\\\\."
         rules:
             - constant.specialChar: "\\\\."
     - constant.string:
         start: "'"
         end: "'"
+        skip: "\\\\."
         rules:
             - constant.specialChar: "\\\\."
     - comment:

syntax_files/lilypond.yaml

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ rules:
     - constant.string:
         start: "\""
         end: "\""
+        skip: "\\\\."
         rules:
             - constant.specialChar: "\\\\."
     - comment:

syntax_files/lua.yaml

@@ -27,12 +27,14 @@ rules:
     - constant.string:
         start: "\""
         end: "\""
+        skip: "\\\\."
         rules:
             - constant.specialChar: "\\\\."
 
     - constant.string:
         start: "'"
         end: "'"
+        skip: "\\\\."
         rules:
             - constant.specialChar: "\\\\."
 

syntax_files/makefile.yaml

@@ -19,11 +19,13 @@ rules:
     - constant.string:
         start: "\""
         end: "\""
+        skip: "\\\\."
         rules:
             - constant.specialChar: "\\\\."
     - constant.string:
         start: "'"
         end: "'"
+        skip: "\\\\."
         rules:
             - constant.specialChar: "\\\\."
     - identifier: "\\$+(\\{[^} ]+\\}|\\([^) ]+\\))"

syntax_files/micro.yaml

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ rules:
     - constant.string:
         start: "\""
         end: "\""
+        skip: "\\\\."
         rules:
             - constant.specialChar: "\\\\."
     - constant.number: "#[0-9 A-F a-f]+"

syntax_files/objc.yaml

@@ -35,12 +35,14 @@ rules:
     - constant.string:
         start: "@\""
         end: "\""
+        skip: "\\\\."
         rules:
             - constant.specialChar: "\\\\."
 
     - constant.string:
         start: "\""
         end: "\""
+        skip: "\\\\."
         rules:
             - constant.specialChar: "\\\\."
 

syntax_files/pascal.yaml

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ rules:
     - constant.string:
         start: "'"
         end: "'"
+        skip: "\\\\."
         rules:
             - constant.specialChar: "\\\\."
     - preproc:

syntax_files/python2.yaml

@@ -42,12 +42,14 @@ rules:
     - constant.string:
         start: "\""
         end: "\""
+        skip: "\\\\."
         rules:
             - constant.specialChar: "\\\\."
 
     - constant.string:
         start: "'"
         end: "'"
+        skip: "\\\\."
         rules:
             - constant.specialChar: "\\\\."
 
@@ -55,3 +57,4 @@ rules:
         start: "#"
         end: "$"
         rules: []
+

syntax_files/python3.yaml

@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ rules:
       # types
     - type: "\\b(bool|bytearray|bytes|classmethod|complex|dict|enumerate|filter|float|frozenset|int|list|map|memoryview|object|property|range|reversed|set|slice|staticmethod|str|super|tuple|type|zip)\\b"
       # definitions
-    - identifier: "def [a-zA-Z_0-9]+"
+    - identifier: "def [a-zA-Z_0-9]+" 
       # keywords
-    - statement: "\\b(and|as|assert|break|class|continue|def|del|elif|else|except|finally|for|from|global|if|import|in|is|lambda|nonlocal|not|or|pass|raise|return|try|while|with|yield)\\b"
+    - statement: "\\b(and|as|assert|break|class|continue|def|del|elif|else|except|finally|for|from|global|if|import|in|is|lambda|nonlocal|not|or|pass|raise|return|try|while|with|yield)\\b" 
       # decorators
     - brightgreen: "@.*[(]"
       # operators
@@ -41,12 +41,14 @@ rules:
     - constant.string:
         start: "\""
         end: "\""
+        skip: "\\\\."
         rules:
             - constant.specialChar: "\\\\."
 
     - constant.string:
         start: "'"
         end: "'"
+        skip: "\\\\."
         rules:
             - constant.specialChar: "\\\\."
 

syntax_files/rust.yaml

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ rules:
     - constant.string:
         start: "\""
         end: "\""
+        skip: "\\\\."
         rules:
             - constant.specialChar: "\\\\."
 

syntax_files/scala.yaml

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ rules:
     - constant.string:
         start: "\""
         end: "\""
+        skip: "\\\\."
         rules:
             - constant.specialChar: "\\\\."
     - constant: "\\b(true|false|null)\\b"

syntax_files/sh.yaml

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ rules:
     - constant.string:
         start: "\""
         end: "\""
+        skip: "\\\\."
         rules:
             - constant.specialChar: "\\\\."
 

syntax_files/solidity.yaml

@@ -29,11 +29,13 @@ rules:
     - constant.string: 
         start: "\""
         end: "\""
+        skip: "\\\\."
         rules:
             - constant.specialChar: "\\\\."
     - constant.string:
         start: "'"
         end: "'"
+        skip: "\\\\."
         rules:
             - constant.specialChar: "\\\\."
 

syntax_files/swift.yaml

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ rules:
     - constant.string:
         start: "\""
         end: "\""
+        skip: "\\\\."
         rules:
             - constant.specialChar: "\\\\."
 

syntax_files/toml.yaml

@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@ rules:
     - constant.string:
         start: "\""
         end: "\""
+        skip: "\\\\."
         rules:
             - constant.specialChar: "\\\\."
 
     - constant.string:
         start: "'"
         end: "'"
+        skip: "\\\\."
         rules:
             - constant.specialChar: "\\\\."
 

syntax_files/typescript.yaml

@@ -32,11 +32,13 @@ rules:
     - constant.string:
         start: "\""
         end: "\""
+        skip: "\\\\."
         rules:
             - constant.specialChar: "\\\\."
     - constant.string:
         start: "'"
         end: "'"
+        skip: "\\\\."
         rules:
             - constant.specialChar: "\\\\."
     

syntax_files/vi.yaml

@@ -13,12 +13,14 @@ rules:
     - constant.string:
         start: "\""
         end: "\""
+        skip: "\\\\."
         rules:
             - constant.specialChar: "\\\\."
 
     - constant.string:
         start: "'"
         end: "'"
+        skip: "\\\\."
         rules:
             - constant.specialChar: "\\\\."
 

syntax_files/yaml.yaml

@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@ rules:
     - constant.string:
         start: "\""
         end: "\""
+        skip: "\\\\."
         rules:
             - constant.specialChar: "\\\\."
 
     - constant.string:
         start: "'"
         end: "'"
+        skip: "\\\\."
         rules:
             - constant.specialChar: "\\\\."
 

syntax_files/zsh.yaml

@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ rules:
     - constant.string:
         start: "\""
         end: "\""
+        skip: "\\\\."
         rules:
             - constant.specialChar: "\\\\."