[texworks] HELP with Tw 0.4.3 syntax highlighting

[Charlie Sharpsteen]

On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 6:00 AM, Carlo Marmo <carlo.marmo at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm a total beginner, not only with Tw. I'm a windoz-addicted trying to
> rehab. So, sorry to bother you with simple questions.
> My problem is basically I don't understand syntax highlighting rules. what
> kind of language is that?
> Am I supposed to learn some sort of specific code in order to modify
> properly the "syntax-patterns" file?
> Thank you for your help
> Carlo

Colors are applied to patterns that are matched using regular expressions:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regular_expression

Which is a specific type of code for defining text patterns.

-Charlie