Re: Lexer and syntax highlighter powered by LPeg

[mitchell <mforal.news@...>]

Hi,

> As noted in the readme for the lexer I think it should handle all syntax 
> but I
> might have missed a number format or something. Corrections welcome.

I am having trouble understanding the following. (I don't think it's 
documented very clearly)

local singlequoted_string = P "'" * ((1 - S "'\r\n\f\\") + (P '\\' * 1)) 
^ 0 * "'"

What is the P '\\' * 1 for? Does it match a \ and then any single character?

Thanks,
-Mitchell;

> Thank you Roberto for this most wonderful library!
>
> [1] http://xolox.ath.cx/lua/lexer.html
> [2] http://xolox.ath.cx/lua/highlighter.html
> [3] http://lua-users.org/wiki/LpegRecipes