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JsDoc new line asterisk not recognized as punctuation

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3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
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35/100
Issue type
Bug
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Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
typescript
Domain
tooling

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Start by examining the repository's TypeScript TextMate grammar handling of JSDoc comments and compare the scopes shown in the issue. Done means the newline asterisk is recognized as punctuation separately from the comment, allowing distinct coloring without changing the base language.

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/**      punctuation.definition.comment.js
 *       comment.block.documentation.js
 */      punctuation.definition.comment.js

If not desired to change the base language, would this fit in a grammar extension? I would like to apply different color to the punctuation and the comment itself.

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