#155: document path_prefix/path_approx

Highlighted dollar variable ver. 2

README.md

@@ -41,12 +41,12 @@ How to install
         plugins=( [plugins...] zsh-syntax-highlighting)
 
 * Source `~/.zshrc`  to take changes into account:
-    
+
         source ~/.zshrc
 
 
 How to tweak
 ------------
 
-Syntax highlighting is done by pluggable highlighter scripts, see the [highlighters directory](zsh-syntax-highlighting/tree/master/highlighters)
+Syntax highlighting is done by pluggable highlighter scripts, see the [highlighters directory](highlighters)
 for documentation and configuration settings.

highlighters/README.md

@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ zsh-syntax-highlighting / highlighters
 
 Syntax highlighting is done by pluggable highlighters:
 
-* [***main***](highlighters/main) - the base highlighter, and the only one active by default.
-* [***brackets***](highlighters/brackets) - matches brackets and parenthesis.
-* [***pattern***](highlighters/pattern) - matches user-defined patterns.
-* [***cursor***](highlighters/cursor) - matches the cursor position.
-* [***root***](highlighters/root) - triggered if the current user is root.
+* [***main***](main) - the base highlighter, and the only one active by default.
+* [***brackets***](brackets) - matches brackets and parenthesis.
+* [***pattern***](pattern) - matches user-defined patterns.
+* [***cursor***](cursor) - matches the cursor position.
+* [***root***](root) - triggered if the current user is root.
 
 
 How to activate highlighters

highlighters/main/README.md

@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ This highlighter defines the following styles:
 * `commandseparator` - command separation tokens
 * `hashed-command` - hashed commands
 * `path` - paths
+* `path_prefix` - path prefixes
+* `path_approx` - approximated paths
 * `globbing` - globbing expressions
 * `history-expansion` - history expansion expressions
 * `single-hyphen-option` - single hyphen options

highlighters/main/main-highlighter.zsh

@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@
 : ${ZSH_HIGHLIGHT_STYLES[commandseparator]:=none}
 : ${ZSH_HIGHLIGHT_STYLES[hashed-command]:=fg=green}
 : ${ZSH_HIGHLIGHT_STYLES[path]:=underline}
+: ${ZSH_HIGHLIGHT_STYLES[path_prefix]:=underline}
+: ${ZSH_HIGHLIGHT_STYLES[path_approx]:=fg=yellow,underline}
 : ${ZSH_HIGHLIGHT_STYLES[globbing]:=fg=blue}
 : ${ZSH_HIGHLIGHT_STYLES[history-expansion]:=fg=blue}
 : ${ZSH_HIGHLIGHT_STYLES[single-hyphen-option]:=none}
@@ -73,7 +75,7 @@ _zsh_highlight_main_highlighter()
     '|' '||' ';' '&' '&&'
   )
   ZSH_HIGHLIGHT_TOKENS_PRECOMMANDS=(
-    'builtin' 'command' 'exec' 'nocorrect' 'noglob'
+    'builtin' 'command' 'exec' 'nocorrect' 'noglob' 'sudo'
   )
   # Tokens that are always immediately followed by a command.
   ZSH_HIGHLIGHT_TOKENS_FOLLOWED_BY_COMMANDS=(
@@ -82,6 +84,7 @@ _zsh_highlight_main_highlighter()
 
   for arg in ${(z)BUFFER}; do
     local substr_color=0
+    local style_override=""
     [[ $start_pos -eq 0 && $arg = 'noglob' ]] && highlight_glob=false
     ((start_pos+=${#BUFFER[$start_pos+1,-1]}-${#${BUFFER[$start_pos+1,-1]##[[:space:]]#}}))
     ((end_pos=$start_pos+${#arg}))
@@ -138,6 +141,8 @@ _zsh_highlight_main_highlighter()
                  ;;
       esac
     fi
+    # if a style_override was set (eg in _zsh_highlight_main_highlighter_check_path), use it
+    [[ -n $style_override ]] && style=$ZSH_HIGHLIGHT_STYLES[$style_override]
     [[ $substr_color = 0 ]] && region_highlight+=("$start_pos $end_pos $style")
     [[ -n ${(M)ZSH_HIGHLIGHT_TOKENS_FOLLOWED_BY_COMMANDS:#"$arg"} ]] && new_expression=true
     start_pos=$end_pos
@@ -158,8 +163,20 @@ _zsh_highlight_main_highlighter_check_path()
   local expanded_path; : ${expanded_path:=${(Q)~arg}}
   [[ -z $expanded_path ]] && return 1
   [[ -e $expanded_path ]] && return 0
+  # Search the path in CDPATH
+  for cdpath_dir in $cdpath ; do
+    [[ -e "$cdpath_dir/$expanded_path" ]] && return 0
+  done
   [[ ! -e ${expanded_path:h} ]] && return 1
-  [[ ${BUFFER[1]} != "-" && ${#BUFFER} == $end_pos && -n $(print ${expanded_path}*(N)) ]] && return 0
+  if [[ ${BUFFER[1]} != "-" && ${#BUFFER} == $end_pos ]]; then
+    local -a tmp
+    # got a path prefix?
+    tmp=( ${expanded_path}*(N) )
+    (( $#tmp > 0 )) && style_override=path_prefix && return 0
+    # or maybe an approximate path?
+    tmp=( (#a1)${expanded_path}*(N) )
+    (( $#tmp > 0 )) && style_override=path_approx && return 0
+  fi
   return 1
 }
 
@@ -167,18 +184,36 @@ _zsh_highlight_main_highlighter_check_path()
 _zsh_highlight_main_highlighter_highlight_string()
 {
   setopt localoptions noksharrays
-  local i j k style
+  local i j k style varflag
   # Starting quote is at 1, so start parsing at offset 2 in the string.
   for (( i = 2 ; i < end_pos - start_pos ; i += 1 )) ; do
     (( j = i + start_pos - 1 ))
     (( k = j + 1 ))
     case "$arg[$i]" in
-      '$')  style=$ZSH_HIGHLIGHT_STYLES[dollar-double-quoted-argument];;
-      "\\") style=$ZSH_HIGHLIGHT_STYLES[back-double-quoted-argument]
-            (( k += 1 )) # Color following char too.
-            (( i += 1 )) # Skip parsing the escaped char.
+      '$' ) style=$ZSH_HIGHLIGHT_STYLES[dollar-double-quoted-argument]
+            (( varflag = 1))
             ;;
-      *)    continue;;
+      "\\") style=$ZSH_HIGHLIGHT_STYLES[back-double-quoted-argument]
+            for (( c = i + 1 ; c < end_pos - start_pos ; c += 1 )); do
+              [[ "$arg[$c]" != ([0-9,xX,a-f,A-F]) ]] && break
+            done
+            AA=$arg[$i+1,$c-1]
+            # Matching for HEX and OCT values like \0xA6, \xA6 or \012
+            if [[ "$AA" =~ "^(0*(x|X)[0-9,a-f,A-F]{1,2})" || "$AA" =~ "^(0[0-7]{1,3})" ]];then
+              (( k += $#MATCH ))
+              (( i += $#MATCH ))
+            else
+              (( k += 1 )) # Color following char too.
+              (( i += 1 )) # Skip parsing the escaped char.
+            fi
+              (( varflag = 0 )) # End of variable
+            ;;
+      ([^a-zA-Z0-9_]))
+            (( varflag = 0 )) # End of variable
+            continue
+            ;;
+      *) [[ $varflag -eq 0 ]] && continue ;;
+
     esac
     region_highlight+=("$j $k $style")
   done

highlighters/pattern/pattern-highlighter.zsh

@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ _zsh_highlight_pattern_highlighter_predicate()
 _zsh_highlight_pattern_highlighter()
 {
   setopt localoptions extendedglob
+  local pattern
   for pattern in ${(k)ZSH_HIGHLIGHT_PATTERNS}; do
     _zsh_highlight_pattern_highlighter_loop "$BUFFER" "$pattern"
   done

highlighters/root/root-highlighter.zsh

@@ -41,5 +41,5 @@ _zsh_highlight_root_highlighter_predicate()
 # root highlighting function.
 _zsh_highlight_root_highlighter()
 {
-  [[ $(command id -u) -eq 0 ]] && region_highlight+=("0 $#BUFFER $ZSH_HIGHLIGHT_STYLES[root]")
+  if [[ $(command id -u) -eq 0 ]] { region_highlight+=("0 $#BUFFER $ZSH_HIGHLIGHT_STYLES[root]") }
 }