Some sequence hangs the syntax highlighting

[pieroxy]

Take the following example:

<script>
window.myVar=${myVar?c};
</script>

<#if myTest>
  <input type="text">
</#if>

<#if myTest>
</#if>

The second if statement has no syntax highlighting. Nor does most of the rest of the file. My original file is huge and almost half of it isn't highlighted. For some reason, at some point in the file, the highlighting returns.

Removing ?c makes it work. Removing the > in the first </#if makes it work. Removing the <input> makes it work. But as it is it doesn't work. I can't get my head around this one.

[dcortes92]

Hi @pieroxy I went through all the syntax and I discovered that perhaps the missing self enclosing tag for the input, among other reasons, is causing the rest of the syntax to break.

It's still not clear for me why is this happening but I'm working on it. Please try with this snippet:

<script>
window.myVar = ${myVar?c};
</script>

<#if myTest>
  <input type="text" />
</#if>

<#if myTest>
</#if>

Notice I change the input tag from <input type="text" > to <input type="text" />.
I hope your template doesn't rely on any specific Doctype.

[aeroslav]

Hi @dcortes92 ! I have highlighting broken after </script> tag. Removing '?' sign returns normal colors. Here is the screenshot.

[dcortes92]

Hi @aeroslav thank you for your comment. Yes this is still an open bug. However, I was working on some workarounds you can use in the meantime. For your example I'd use the js_string built-in:

<script>
    window.myVar="${myVar?js_string}"
</script>

<#if myTest>
    <input type="text"/>
</#if>

I'm still trying to work a solution for this and #12 so please bear with me 😄 Hope this helps.

Daniel

[MrNagoo]

Hey I have a syntax highlight issue with square brackets in a style tag.

<style>
  []
</style>

has weird highlighting for the rest of the file.

[dcortes92]

Hi @MrNagoo yes I'm still trying to find a solution for this. Unfortunately I haven't got the time (yet) to fix this (sorry about that).

[dropddesigns]

I'm also experiencing an issue with the <style> tags in a Freemarker template, even without the square brackets

[dmstern]

Another example: square brackets inside a tag: