Well, I tried the following code:

my $index = $#array;     #Doesn't treat array as comment
my $txt = "$index and something"; #Highlights $index!
print OUT "$txt->test()"; #Doesn't highlight ->test()
s/ (\d+        #test
   \w{1,3})
   (\s)    
 / $2 ? "yes" : $1 
 /ex; #Recognizes s///ex as the regex
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And the highlighted code looked OK. So you did a better job than emacs/jed (dunno about vim). Only thing is, it doesn't recognize the code within the regex, and also not the comments within the extended regex. But maybe you hit the ceiling here, as merlyn states that "only perl can parse perl code" (paraphrased).

The highlighted syntax looks pretty, especially in color on white. Methinks your only competitor is a2ps, you can find it on Outside links.

Nice job!

Jeroen
"We are not alone"(FZ)

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