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**TUcjiqwjr12** · November 21, 2021, 7:30pm

Help, I have tried to use the pawn syntax in sublime text 4 but when selecting it, it tells me this error, what is the reason?

what would be the solution to the problem?

Curiously it happens to me with the latest version, instead with version 3 it works correctly for me

**bschaaf** · November 22, 2021, 1:03am

Does it still happen if you install that package in safe mode?

**kingkeith** · November 22, 2021, 8:58am

its clearly an invalid regex, maybe ST4 became stricter? to match Oniguruma’s parsing/errors better?
$?

**jfcherng** · November 22, 2021, 9:12am

fwiw, the source is $(\n?) but it’s $($?) in ST’s error msg.

github.com

Southclaws/pawn-sublime-language/blob/b83dab341b1da7af10937a61d49349009c30f1ee/Pawn.tmLanguage#L633`


			<array>
				<dict> <key>include</key> <string>#comment-banner-line</string> </dict>
				<dict> <key>include</key> <string>#comment-task-tag-line</string> </dict>
				<dict> <key>include</key> <string>#lex-continuation</string> </dict>
				<dict> <key>include</key> <string>#lex-newline</string> </dict>
			</array>
		</dict>


		<key>comment-banner-line</key>
		<dict>
			<key>match</key> <string>(?:(?&lt;=//)|(?&lt;=/\*)|^)[\s/*]*(=+\s*(.*?)\s*=+(?:(?=[\s/*+\-]*\*/)|$(\n?)))</string>
			<key>captures</key>
			<dict>
				<key>1</key> <dict> <key>name</key> <string>meta.toc-list.banner.c</string> </dict>
				<key>3</key> <dict> <key>name</key> <string>punctuation.whitespace.newline.c</string> </dict>
			</dict>
		</dict>


		<key>comment-task-tag-line</key>
		<dict>
			<key>patterns</key>

**bschaaf** · November 22, 2021, 9:15am

Ah I know what the error is. For compatibility \n in tmLanguage are translated to $ which clearly produces an invalid regex in this case.

**TUcjiqwjr12** · November 22, 2021, 4:00pm

So what would be the solution to the problem? what should I do

**jfcherng** · November 22, 2021, 4:28pm

You may use https://gist.github.com/jfcherng/682bec96a36dc2695b5140726eda5a11 as a temporary solution.

**jedrekd** · February 4, 2022, 10:00am

Does anyone have a fix for this error?

**jfcherng** · February 4, 2022, 10:08am

~~The simplest way to fix it is update your ST.~~

Oh wait, your asking for a new issue in Error loading syntax file "Packages/Better CoffeeScript - CoffeeScript.tmLanguage

**jfcherng** · February 4, 2022, 10:18am

Iirc, if you want to fix it per-syntax, just translate .tmlanguage to .sublime-syntax.

Sublime text 4 error