In article <slrnanj25f.gtd.behrends / ellington.cse.msu.edu>, "Reimer
Behrends" <behrends / cse.msu.edu> wrote:

>Use one of the following alternatives:
> 
> 	aPhrase.scan %r/\w[-\w']+/
> 	aPhrase.scan(/\w[-\w']+/)
> 
> Either of them should make syntax highlighting work with Vim (don't know
> about SciTE). The general problem is that it is non-trivial to
> distinguish between / as the first character of a regular expression and
> / as the division operator simply from local context. Therefore, a
> heuristic is needed. And obviously, any heuristic will sometimes be
> wrong.
> 
> [...]
> 
> 			Reimer Behrends

That worked like a charm. Thanks for your help.

Jim.