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Highlight keyword default cmd aliases

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
42/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
powershell
Domain
tooling

Research direction

Start by locating the PowerShell syntax-highlighting grammar and the rules that classify keywords or expressions. Use the provided sal a New-Object; example to determine how default command aliases should be recognized, then verify that aliases such as sal and iex receive the expected highlighting.

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Description

Environment
  • Editor and Version (VS Code, Atom, Sublime): Atom 1.34.0
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Issue Description

Please add highlighting of default command aliases (sal, iex, etc.)

Expected Behavior

Default cmd aliases highlighted as keywords / expressions

Code Samples
sal a New-Object;
Dominant language
PowerShell
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