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Questions about highlighting for Mathematica input in the Mathematica front-end, and Wolfram Workbench.

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Syntax information "ArgumentsPattern" for function of function?

Is is possible to write SyntaxInformation of "ArgumentsPattern" for functions of the form: f[a,b][x,y,z] That is, I get syntax coloring such that the first set of square braces takes exactly 2 arg …
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Nested list of patterns in SyntaxInformation "ArgumentsPattern"

I have a function with the following input structure: f[{{a1, n1}, {a2, n2}...}, {i1, i2,...}] The first argument is a List of Lists, each with exactly two elements, and the second argument is a li …
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Is there a syntax coloring type that highlights only when not in a list?

How do I define the syntax coloring of local variable of function myfunc so that it only colors the variable that is not in a List? For example, SyntaxInformation[myfunc] = {"LocalVariables" -> {"In …
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Why does SyntaxInformation "ColorEqualSigns" color like wrong options?

In my copy of Mathematica 11.1, SyntaxInformation[f] = {"ColorEqualSigns" -> {1, 1}} colors like wrong options: How do I make it not color like wrong options?
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How to prevent front end from suggesting Symbol option names (when actually String), and fro...

Help! I am writing a package with a function which takes lots and lots of different options which are Strings. When used, the front end autocompletion is suggesting them in Symbol form. If the resu …
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Why does setting SyntaxInformation add a definition to DefaultValues

Before setting any definitions to the symbol f, the DefaultValues of f is empty: DefaultValues[f] (* {} *) Define SyntaxInformation for f: SyntaxInformation[f] = {"ArgumentsPattern" -> {_, _}}; …
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