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No syntax highlighting with exclamation point operator `!`
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Description
Expressions with the exclamation point operator !, used to send an operating system command, do not have any syntax highlighting.
For example, the expression
!chdir
is completely unhighlighted.
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Research direction
Start by locating the regular-expression grammar rules in the MATLAB-Language-grammar repository that handle operators and command expressions. Reproduce the unhighlighted !chdir example, then verify that exclamation-point operating-system commands receive syntax highlighting without changing unrelated MATLAB highlighting.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- matlab
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100