What do you mean "can NP++'s keywords support regular exp"?
If you mean additional keywords, which you can type in Style configurator, than answer is No. They (or maybe some of them - depending on lexer) only support ^ symbol which means "starts with". So that "^some" will match "something" and "someword".

>RE: can NP++'s keywords support regular exp? (New)
>By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) - 2007-10-10 01:55 
>What do you mean "can NP++'s keywords support regular exp"?
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i use a language named *.SP and *.CIR file which is used in electronic circuit design. i define keyword by myself. in this type of files i want to highlight some speacial words(keyword) such as

*
Vbatt VBATT 0   batt pwl 0 2 10m 5.0
Vin VIN 0   dvin pwl 0 0 10u dvin
eVddp VDDP 0   vin 0 1 max=5.26
*

i want to highlight those word: 1. must be at the begin of one line; 2. all words whose first letter is "v". so, if using regular exp, the syntax is "^v*".

>If you mean additional keywords, which you can type in Style configurator, than answer is >No. They (or maybe some of them - depending on lexer) only support ^ symbol which >means "starts with". So that "^some" will match "something" and "someword". 

i can see many default language in style configurator, but as for user definfed language i can not see anything.

Using regex it'll be "^v.*". But no, keywords don't support it. All that you can do - is to highlight EVERY word starting with "v" - simply check "prefix" checkbox and type "v" in keywords group. To do something more comlex you'll need to write your own lexer and add support for it to NP++ sources.

yes,(simply check "prefix" checkbox and type "v" in keywords group) is a compromise. but it is dispirited for me to highlight all words starting with "v".

so if np++ support reg exp it will be more powerful!