FlexLex.YAML-tmLanguage

# [PackageDev] target_format: plist, ext: tmLanguage
#
# GNU Flex/Lex syntax highlighting grammer for Sublime Text.
#
---
name: Flex/Lex
scopeName: source.flexlex
fileTypes: [l]
uuid: 3b745f3d-ae63-4d44-8779-eeb786911228

patterns:
- comment: flex verbatim code
  begin: ^/\*\* BEGIN CPP_SOURCECODE \*\*/
  end: ^/\*\* END CPP_SOURCECODE \*\*/
  patterns:
  - include: source.c++

- comment: flex verbatim code
  begin: ^/\*\* BEGIN C_SOURCECODE \*\*/
  end: ^/\*\* END C_SOURCECODE \*\*/
  patterns:
  - include: source.c

- comment: flex verbatim code
  begin: ^%\{
  end: ^%\}
  patterns:
  - include: source.c++

- comment: c style comments
  begin: /\*
  end: \*/
  name: comment.block.flexlex

- comment: flex directive
  name: keyword.other.flexlex
  match: ^\%\s*[a-zA-Z][^\s]+

- comment: flex rules section
  begin: ^%%
  end: ^%%
  patterns:
  - comment: flex rule pattern
    match: ^(\{([^\}]+)\}|\[[^\]]+?\]|[^\s]+)+\s*(.+)$
    captures:
      '1': {name: keyword.other.flexlex}
      '2': {name: constant.numeric.flexlex}
      # '3': {include: source.c++} # this doesn't work unfortunately

- comment: flex definitions section
  name: keyword.other.flexlex
  match: ^([A-Z][^\s]+)\s+(.+)\s*$
  captures:
    '1': {name: constant.numeric.flexlex}
    '2': {name: keyword.other.flexlex}