Re: special syntax highlighting

["John E. Davis" <davis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ulli Horlacher <framstag@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The documentation of define_syntax says:
>
>   If `type' is `<', the first parameter is a string whose successive
>   characters form begin and end keyword highlight directives.
>
> But what kind of syntax element does '<' define?

   It was motivated by the desire to highlight HTML, SGML, etc:
   
       Normal text <highlighted text> normal text

> Is it "keyword"?

   Not really, although is given the keyword color.  I will look into
giving such sequences a separate color in a future commit.  --John

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