tags:
- quick_select
quick_select_patterns
{{since('20210502-130208-bff6815d')}}
Specify additional patterns to match when in quick select mode. This setting is a table listing out a set of regular expressions.
config.quick_select_patterns = {
-- match things that look like sha1 hashes
-- (this is actually one of the default patterns)
'[0-9a-f]{7,40}',
}
!!! note
If you want to use capture groups in your patterns, you must use
non-capturing groups (?:)
for them to work as you intend, as
the overall list of quick_select_patterns
is compiled into a larger
alternation regex that itself uses capture groups.
{{since('20230408-112425-69ae8472', outline=True)}} The regex syntax now supports backreferences and look around assertions. See Fancy Regex Syntax for the extended syntax, which builds atop the underlying Regex syntax. In prior versions, only the base Regex syntax was supported.
This example matches the string `"bar"`, but only when not part of the string
`"foo:bar"`:
```lua
config.quick_select_patterns = {
"(?<!foo:)bar"
}
```