Syntax test files for some languages

[h3nill]

re: #1213

After hacktoberfest I didn't see any activity on the issue, so I have added basic test files for bolded languages on the issue.

Now only remaining is Regular Expression. What kind of structure of the file should be (as in just regular expression each on a new line)? and should it be PCRE, or javascript one?

[sharkdp]

I have added basic test files for bolded languages on the issue.

Awesome - thank you! Where do these files come from? Did you write them yourself? Or do we need LICENSE files for them?

What kind of structure of the file should be (as in just regular expression each on a new line)? and should it be PCRE, or javascript one?

The syntax file says:

%YAML 1.2
---
name: Regular Expression
comment: Matches PCRE's regexp syntax, used in various languages and in
  Sublime Text for the Find panels
file_extensions:
  - re

So I think either a single line PCRE regex or maybe a multi-line regex, but not multiple regexes on multiple lines.

[h3nill]

Awesome - thank you! Where do these files come from? Did you write them yourself? Or do we need LICENSE files for them?

I have hacked them from either language's documentation and/or took reference from learningxinyminutes, so I don't think that would require any license.

So I think either a single line PCRE regex or maybe a multi-line regex, but not multiple regexes on multiple lines.

So email regex from this, should work?
I have validated it, you can check it out: https://regex101.com/r/UQ2Sap/2

[h3nill]

So the syntax's for which test are added:

• ASP
• AppleScript
• Objective-C
• Objective-C++
• Regular Expression
• Ruby on Rails
• Tcl
• Textile
• Fish

[sharkdp]

I have hacked them from either language's documentation and/or took reference from learningxinyminutes, so I don't think that would require any license.

👍

So email regex from this, should work?

In principle, yes. But note that StackOverflow has a non-trivial license file. We can't just copy that regex into our code base without attribution.

A simpler self-written regex (maybe from our own Manpage sublime syntax) would also be a good start.

[h3nill]

I wanted to use as many regex identifiers(not sure if that's the correct word) as possible but then it's hard to come up with a useful regex. Although I think usefulness is not a concern here so I have came up with this:

^[START]\d\D\h\H\s\S[a-z]\v\V\w\W.([a-z]){3,5}[END]$

And this matches

[START]1a b cd
ef$ghijhk[END]

Would that be okay?

PS: Check failed due to unrelated reasons

[sharkdp]

Would that be okay?

Yes, thanks!

PS: Check failed due to unrelated reasons

Yes. That was my bad. It should hopefully work if you rebase on master.

[sharkdp]

Thank you!