Re: Update request for Python syntax file

Benno Schulenberg <[email protected]> Tue, 3 Feb 2026 16:44:23 +0100

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Op 02-02-2026 om 17:29 schreef Stanislaw Majewski:
> I've notice a time ago that nano is lacking a syntax
> highlight of match statment in python files.
> That statment was introduced in version 3.10.

It would have been nicer if you had provided a URL to the
relevant documentation.  For example:

https://docs.python.org/3/whatsnew/3.10.html#pep-634-structural-pattern-matching

> I wounder if anyone else is experiencing same issue
> and if it might be something to be updated.

Please try the attached patch.  Is this good enough?

[When answering, please reply only to the list.]


Benno

0001-syntax-python-colorize-also-the-match-and-case-keywo.patch (text/x-patch, 1.2 KB)

From bf194dae5decbe95484fa8087144640ebdaa9b3a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Benno Schulenberg <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2026 16:37:37 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] syntax: python: colorize also the `match` and `case` keywords

These keywords were introduced in Python-3.10:
  https://docs.python.org/3/whatsnew/3.10.html#pep-634-structural-pattern-matching

Reported-by: Stanislaw Majewski <[email protected]>
---
 syntax/python.nanorc | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/syntax/python.nanorc b/syntax/python.nanorc
index e5c84766..b8740194 100644
--- a/syntax/python.nanorc
+++ b/syntax/python.nanorc
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ linter pyflakes
 # Function definitions.
 color brightblue "def [[:alnum:]_]+"
 # Keywords.
-color brightcyan "\<(and|as|assert|async|await|break|class|continue)\>"
+color brightcyan "\<(and|as|assert|async|await|break|case|class|continue)\>"
 color brightcyan "\<(def|del|elif|else|except|finally|for|from)\>"
-color brightcyan "\<(global|if|import|in|is|lambda|nonlocal|not|or)\>"
+color brightcyan "\<(global|if|import|in|is|match|lambda|nonlocal|not|or)\>"
 color brightcyan "\<(pass|raise|return|try|while|with|yield)\>"
 
 # These two are keywords in Python 2, but functions in Python 3,
-- 
2.51.2

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