<![CDATA[Using \\ as the start to a comment line]]>How do I add a style to the sql language (or any language) to recognize \ as the beginning of a comment and highlight it as such? I’m copy code from my Jitterbit scripts which is based on Salesforce SQL.

Thanks

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/18786/using-as-the-start-to-a-comment-lineRSS for NodeThu, 16 Apr 2026 23:20:45 GMTFri, 17 Jan 2020 21:37:28 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Using \\ as the start to a comment line on Fri, 17 Jan 2020 22:13:30 GMT]]>Expanding a builtin language for anything other than a keyword is not something you can do without access to the source code.

You could use a User Defined Language, but you’d probably feel it didn’t meet all your needs. If that was enough, a UDL will allow \\ to mark a comment line, like so:
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However, you can add extra highlighting to a builtin lexer (like the SQL lexer) using regexes via the script EnhanceAnyBuiltinLexer.py that @Ekopalypse shares in this linked post

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