Re: prevent part of user var highlighted as keyword in new lang mode

[Scott Frazer]

Xah wrote:
> in writing a new language mode, how do i prevent part of variable that
> gets highlighted as keyword? e.g. the “for” in “inform”.
>
> i'm using
> (setq font-lock-defaults '((xlsl-font-lock-keywords) nil nil))

You need to wrap your regexp with markers that indicate the beginning/end
of the empty string or symbol, e.g. these are the symbol ones:

(concat "\\_<\\(" (regexp-opt '("form" "foo" "bar")) "\\)\\_>")

See the "Backslash constructs in regular expressions" section in the
Elisp manual.

Scott