RE: [ jEdit-users ] rem highlight problem in vbscript

[Morris, C. <chr...@sn...>]

> So VBScript requires that 'rem' keywords are at column 0? Not even
> leading whitespace is allowed?

No, rem can go anywhere on the line, just like the ' comment:

  MsgBox "Hey there"  Rem valid comment

... is the same as

  MsgBox "Hey there"  ' valid comment


The trick would be identifying it as a standalone word, as the following is
invalid:

  MsgBox "Hey there"  Remsyntax error 

... even though most comment syntax allows text immediately following like:

  MsgBox "Hey there"  'valid comment


My workaround has been to remove Rem as a comment from the mode file. That
worked for me because I don't use Rem for comments in any of my vbscript.

Chris