zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting

path,single-quoted-string style combination regressed

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#707 opened on Mar 19, 2020

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Description

As #475 pointed out, when ./foo existed, : 'f'oo highlighted the 'f' in underline,fg=yellow and the oo in underline. That regressed — bisected to 6835121eafa49899b396f5f85207fb1fe229bc1c. It'd be nice to have it back ☺

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Examine the regression commit 6835121eafa49899b396f5f85207fb1fe229bc1c and understand how path and single quoted string highlighting interact. Trace the code to restore the previous behavior.
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