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<!--

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 Author: Jeffery To <[email protected]>
 Copyright (C) 2018 Jeffery To <[email protected]>

 GtkSourceView is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
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 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 Lesser General Public License for more details.

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 along with this library; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

-->
<language id="less" name="Less" version="2.0" _section="Other">
  <metadata>
    <property name="mimetypes">text/less;text/x-less</property>
    <property name="globs">*.less</property>
    <property name="line-comment-start">//</property>
    <property name="block-comment-start">/*</property>
    <property name="block-comment-end">*/</property>
  </metadata>

  <styles>

    <!-- variables -->
    <style id="variable"                    name="Variable"                    map-to="def:identifier"/>
    <style id="built-in-variable"           name="Built-in Variable"           map-to="def:builtin"/>

    <!-- operators -->
    <style id="operator-symbol"             name="Operator Symbol"             map-to="css:symbol"/>

    <!-- Less data types -->
    <style id="boolean"                     name="Boolean Value"               map-to="def:boolean"/>
    <style id="group-delimiter"             name="Group Delimiter"             map-to="css:delimiter"/>

    <!-- mixins -->
    <style id="mixin-parameters-delimiter"  name="Mixin Parameters Delimiter"  map-to="css:delimiter"/>

    <!-- guards -->
    <style id="guard-operator"              name="Guard Operator"              map-to="css:at-rule-operator"/>

    <!-- Less selectors -->
    <style id="selector-fragment"           name="Selector Fragment"/>

  </styles>

  <default-regex-options case-sensitive="false"/>

  <keyword-char-class>[a-z0-9_-]</keyword-char-class>

  <definitions>

    <!-- global -->

    <define-regex id="statement-end" extended="true">
      (?: ; | (?= } ) )
    </define-regex>

    <context id="less-comment">
      <include>
        <context ref="def:c-like-comment"/>
        <context ref="css:comment" original="true"/>
      </include>
    </context>

    <replace id="css:comment" ref="less-comment"/>


    <!-- variables -->

    <define-regex id="variable" extended="true">
      (?: @ \%{css:identifier} )
    </define-regex>

    <context id="variable" style-ref="variable">
      <match>\%{variable}</match>
    </context>

    <context id="variable-interpolation" style-ref="variable">
      <start>@{</start>
      <end>}</end>
      <include>
        <!-- nested interpolations are not documented but appear to work
             (functions as variable reference / indirection) -->
        <context ref="variable-interpolation-value"/>
      </include>
    </context>

    <context id="variable-reference" style-ref="variable">
      <match>@@\%{css:identifier}</match>
    </context>

    <context id="property-variable" style-ref="variable">
      <match>\$\%{css:identifier}</match>
    </context>

    <context id="arguments-variable" style-ref="built-in-variable">
      <match>@arguments\%]</match>
    </context>

    <context id="arguments-variable-interpolation" style-ref="built-in-variable">
      <match>@{arguments}</match>
    </context>

    <context id="variable-value">
      <include>
        <context ref="arguments-variable"/>
        <context ref="variable"/>
        <context ref="variable-reference"/>
        <context ref="property-variable"/>
      </include>
    </context>

    <context id="variable-interpolation-value">
      <include>
        <context ref="arguments-variable-interpolation"/>
        <context ref="variable-interpolation"/>
      </include>
    </context>


    <!-- operators -->

    <!-- it appears the slash is treated as division everywhere except
         in a font property declaration and in an aspect ratio media query test,
         not sure how to detect these cases
         also not sure what are Less' rules regarding hyphen vs subtraction -->
    <context id="arithmetic-operator" style-ref="operator-symbol">
      <match extended="true">
        (
          [+*/] |
          (?&lt;! \%{css:single-identifier-char} )
          -
          (?! \%{css:single-identifier-char} )
        )
      </match>
    </context>


    <!-- Less data types -->

    <context id="boolean" style-ref="boolean">
      <keyword>true</keyword>
    </context>

    <context id="double-quoted-escape-string" style-ref="css:string" end-at-line-end="true" class="string" class-disabled="no-spell-check">
      <start>~"</start>
      <end>"</end>
      <include>
        <context ref="css:string-content"/>
      </include>
    </context>

    <context id="single-quoted-escape-string" style-ref="css:string" end-at-line-end="true" class="string" class-disabled="no-spell-check">
      <start>~'</start>
      <end>'</end>
      <include>
        <context ref="css:string-content"/>
      </include>
    </context>

    <context id="escape-string">
      <include>
        <context ref="double-quoted-escape-string"/>
        <context ref="single-quoted-escape-string"/>
      </include>
    </context>

    <context id="detached-ruleset">
      <start>{</start>
      <end>}</end>
      <include>
        <context sub-pattern="0" where="start" style-ref="css:block-delimiter"/>
        <context sub-pattern="0" where="end" style-ref="css:block-delimiter"/>
        <context ref="css:comment"/>
        <context ref="css:style-block-content"/>
      </include>
    </context>

    <context id="detached-ruleset-call-close-paren" style-ref="variable">
      <match>\)</match>
    </context>

    <context id="detached-ruleset-call">
      <start>\%{variable}\(</start>
      <end>\%{statement-end}</end>
      <include>
        <context sub-pattern="0" where="start" style-ref="variable"/>
        <context sub-pattern="0" where="end" style-ref="css:delimiter"/>
        <!-- no comments allowed -->
        <context ref="detached-ruleset-call-close-paren"/>
      </include>
    </context>

    <context id="data-group">
      <start>\(</start>
      <end>\)</end>
      <include>
        <context sub-pattern="0" where="start" style-ref="group-delimiter"/>
        <context sub-pattern="0" where="end" style-ref="group-delimiter"/>
        <context ref="css:comment"/>
        <context ref="css:data-value"/>
      </include>
    </context>

    <context id="any-group">
      <start>\(</start>
      <end>\)</end>
      <include>
        <context sub-pattern="0" where="start" style-ref="group-delimiter"/>
        <context sub-pattern="0" where="end" style-ref="group-delimiter"/>
        <context ref="css:comment"/>
        <context ref="css:any-value"/>
      </include>
    </context>


    <!-- data types -->

    <context id="less-string-content">
      <include>
        <context ref="variable-interpolation-value"/>
        <context ref="css:string-content" original="true"/>
      </include>
    </context>

    <replace id="css:string-content" ref="less-string-content"/>


    <!-- Less functions -->

    <!-- since % isn't a valid identifier -->
    <context id="format">
      <start>%\(</start>
      <end>\)</end>
      <include>
        <context sub-pattern="0" where="start" style-ref="css:function"/>
        <context sub-pattern="0" where="end" style-ref="css:function"/>
        <context ref="css:comment"/>
        <context ref="css:function-content"/>
      </include>
    </context>


    <!-- functions -->

    <context id="less-url">
      <start>url\(</start>
      <end>\)</end>
      <include>
        <context sub-pattern="0" where="start" style-ref="css:function"/>
        <context sub-pattern="0" where="end" style-ref="css:function"/>
        <!-- only accept multi-line comments because // is part of urls -->
        <context ref="css:comment" original="true"/>
        <context ref="css:string-value"/>
      </include>
    </context>

    <context id="less-function-content">
      <include>
        <context ref="css:function-content" original="true"/>
        <context ref="css:semicolon"/> <!-- allowed as argument separator -->
      </include>
    </context>

    <context id="less-function-call">
      <include>
        <context ref="format"/>
        <context ref="css:function-call" original="true"/>
      </include>
    </context>

    <replace id="css:url" ref="less-url"/>
    <replace id="css:function-content" ref="less-function-content"/>
    <replace id="css:function-call" ref="less-function-call"/>


    <!-- data values -->

    <context id="less-name-value">
      <include>
        <context ref="css:function-call"/>
        <context ref="variable-value"/>
        <context ref="escape-string"/> <!-- outputs unquoted strings -->
        <context ref="css:name-value" original="true"/>
      </include>
    </context>

    <context id="less-string-value">
      <include>
        <context ref="css:function-call"/>
        <context ref="variable-value"/>
        <context ref="css:string-value" original="true"/>
      </include>
    </context>

    <context id="less-data-value">
      <include>
        <context ref="css:function-call"/>
        <context ref="data-group"/>
        <context ref="variable-value"/>
        <context ref="escape-string"/>
        <context ref="css:string-value" original="true"/>
        <context ref="css:color-value"/>
        <context ref="css:number-value"/>
        <context ref="css:unicode-range"/>
        <context ref="arithmetic-operator"/>
      </include>
    </context>

    <replace id="css:name-value" ref="less-name-value"/>
    <replace id="css:string-value" ref="less-string-value"/>
    <replace id="css:data-value" ref="less-data-value"/>


    <!-- any assignable value -->

    <context id="less-any-value">
      <include>
        <context ref="css:function-call"/>
        <context ref="any-group"/>
        <context ref="variable-value"/>
        <context ref="escape-string"/>
        <context ref="boolean"/>
        <context ref="detached-ruleset"/>
        <context ref="css:property-value-keyword"/>
        <context ref="css:string-value" original="true"/>
        <context ref="css:color-value"/>
        <context ref="css:number-value"/>
        <context ref="css:unicode-range"/>
        <context ref="arithmetic-operator"/>
        <context ref="css:slash"/>
        <context ref="css:comma"/>
      </include>
    </context>

    <replace id="css:any-value" ref="less-any-value"/>


    <!-- style properties -->

    <context id="less-property-name">
      <include>
        <context ref="variable-interpolation-value"/>
        <context ref="css:property-name" original="true"/>
      </include>
    </context>

    <replace id="css:property-name" ref="less-property-name"/>


    <!-- style block -->

    <context id="less-declaration-property">
      <include>
        <context ref="variable"/> <!-- variable assignment -->
        <context ref="css:declaration-property" original="true"/>
      </include>
    </context>

    <context id="less-declaration-value">
      <start extended="true">
        (?(DEFINE)
          (?&lt;interpolation&gt;  # recursive subpattern to find matching brackets
            @{
            (?:
              (?&gt;
                (?:
                  [^@{}]+ |
                  (?! @{ | } ) .
                )+
              ) |
              (?&amp;interpolation)
            )*
            }
          )
        )
        (
          \+_?: |  # property merge
          :
          (?:
            (?!                                 # not the start of a
              \%{css:single-identifier-char} |  #   pseudo-class
              [:\\] |                           #   pseudo-element, escape
              @{                                #   variable interpolation
            ) |                                 # or
            (?=                                 # ends like a normal declaration
              (?&gt;
                (?:
                  [^;}{@]+ |
                  (?&amp;interpolation)+ |
                  \@+
                )*
              )
              \%{css:declaration-value-end}     #   with a semicolon or at the end of a block
            )
          )
        )
      </start>
      <end>\%{css:declaration-value-end}</end>
      <include>
        <context sub-pattern="0" where="start" style-ref="css:delimiter"/>
        <context ref="css:comment"/>
        <context ref="css:declaration-value-content"/>
      </include>
    </context>

    <context id="less-style-block-content">
      <include>
        <context ref="css:at-rule"/> <!-- because Less variables look like at-rules -->
        <context ref="detached-ruleset-call"/>
        <context ref="standalone-plugin-function-call"/>
        <context ref="inside-ruleset-extend"/>
        <context ref="css:style-block-content" original="true"/>
        <context ref="css:selector"/>
        <context ref="css:style-block"/>
      </include>
    </context>

    <replace id="css:declaration-property" ref="less-declaration-property"/>
    <replace id="css:declaration-value" ref="less-declaration-value"/>
    <replace id="css:style-block-content" ref="less-style-block-content"/>


    <!-- media queries -->

    <!-- include variable-value at this level because a variable can
         contain the whole media feature test,
         e.g. ~'(orientation: landscape)'
         allowing variable-value here means variables are also allowed
         for media type and media feature test name/value -->
    <context id="less-media-queries">
      <include>
        <context ref="variable-value"/>
        <context ref="css:media-queries" original="true"/>
      </include>
    </context>

    <replace id="css:media-queries" ref="less-media-queries"/>


    <!-- Less at-rules -->

    <!--
    @plugin <options>? <url(...)|"url">;
    -->

    <context id="at-plugin-options">
      <start>(?&lt;=@plugin)\s*(\()</start>
      <end>\)</end>
      <include>
        <context sub-pattern="1" where="start" style-ref="group-delimiter"/>
        <context sub-pattern="0" where="end" style-ref="group-delimiter"/>
        <context ref="css:comment"/>
        <!-- options are passed to the plugin directly, not parsed by Less -->
      </include>
    </context>

    <context id="at-plugin">
      <start>@plugin\%]</start>
      <include>
        <context sub-pattern="0" where="start" style-ref="css:at-rule"/>
        <context ref="css:comment"/>
        <context ref="at-plugin-options"/>
        <context ref="css:url"/>
        <!-- appears to follow the same rules as @import regarding variables -->
        <context ref="escape-string"/>
        <context ref="css:string-value" original="true"/>
        <context ref="css:at-rule-delimiter"/>
      </include>
    </context>

    <context id="standalone-plugin-function-call">
      <start>(?=\%{css:identifier}\()</start>
      <end>\%{statement-end}</end>
      <include>
        <context sub-pattern="0" where="end" style-ref="css:delimiter"/>
        <context ref="css:comment"/>
        <context ref="css:function-call"/>
      </include>
    </context>


    <!-- at-rules -->

    <context id="less-at-charset">
      <start case-sensitive="true">@charset\%]</start>
      <include>
        <context sub-pattern="0" where="start" style-ref="css:at-rule"/>
        <context ref="css:comment"/>
        <!-- though Less preserves quote type, which may be invalid -->
        <context ref="css:string"/>
        <context ref="css:at-rule-delimiter"/>
      </include>
    </context>

    <context id="less-font-feature-type-value">
      <include>
        <context ref="variable-interpolation-value"/>
        <context ref="css:font-feature-type-value" original="true"/>
      </include>
    </context>

    <context id="less-font-feature-value-declaration-name">
      <include>
        <context ref="variable-interpolation-value"/>
        <context ref="css:font-feature-value-declaration-name" original="true"/>
      </include>
    </context>

    <context id="less-font-feature-value-declaration-value-content">
      <include>
        <context ref="variable-value"/>
        <context ref="css:font-feature-value-declaration-value-content" original="true"/>
      </include>
    </context>

    <!--
    @import <option (, option)*>? <url(...)|"url"> <media-queries>?;
    -->

    <context id="less-at-import-options-keyword" style-ref="css:keyword">
      <keyword>css</keyword>
      <keyword>inline</keyword>
      <keyword>less</keyword>
      <keyword>multiple</keyword>
      <keyword>once</keyword>
      <keyword>optional</keyword>
      <keyword>reference</keyword>
    </context>

    <context id="less-at-import-options">
      <start>(?&lt;=@import)\s*(\()</start>
      <end>\)</end>
      <include>
        <context sub-pattern="1" where="start" style-ref="group-delimiter"/>
        <context sub-pattern="0" where="end" style-ref="group-delimiter"/>
        <context ref="css:comment"/>
        <context ref="less-at-import-options-keyword"/>
        <context ref="css:comma"/>
      </include>
    </context>

    <context id="less-at-import">
      <start>@import\%]</start>
      <include>
        <context sub-pattern="0" where="start" style-ref="css:at-rule"/>
        <context ref="css:comment"/>
        <context ref="less-at-import-options"/>
        <context ref="css:url"/>
        <context ref="css:media-queries"/>
        <!--
        it appears only variable interpolation (in strings) is allowed
        https://github.com/SomMeri/less4j/wiki/Less-Language-Import#syntax
        but variables are allowed in media queries :-P
        -->
        <context ref="css:string-value" original="true"/>
        <context ref="css:at-rule-delimiter"/>
      </include>
    </context>

    <context id="less-keyframe-selector-value">
      <include>
        <context ref="variable-interpolation-value"/>
        <context ref="css:keyframe-selector-value" original="true"/>
      </include>
    </context>

    <context id="less-at-rule">
      <include>
        <context ref="at-plugin"/>
        <context ref="css:at-rule" original="true"/>
      </include>
    </context>

    <replace id="css:at-rule-style-block-content" ref="less-style-block-content"/>
    <replace id="css:at-rule-css-block-content" ref="less-style-block-content"/>
    <replace id="css:at-charset" ref="less-at-charset"/>
    <replace id="css:font-feature-type-value" ref="less-font-feature-type-value"/>
    <replace id="css:font-feature-value-declaration-name" ref="less-font-feature-value-declaration-name"/>
    <replace id="css:font-feature-value-declaration-value-content" ref="less-font-feature-value-declaration-value-content"/>
    <replace id="css:at-import" ref="less-at-import"/>
    <replace id="css:keyframe-selector-value" ref="less-keyframe-selector-value"/>
    <replace id="css:at-rule" ref="less-at-rule"/>


    <!-- mixins -->

    <context id="variable-arguments" style-ref="operator-symbol">
      <match>\.\.\.</match>
    </context>

    <context id="mixin-parameters">
      <start>\(</start>
      <end>\)</end>
      <include>
        <context sub-pattern="0" where="start" style-ref="mixin-parameters-delimiter"/>
        <context sub-pattern="0" where="end" style-ref="mixin-parameters-delimiter"/>
        <context ref="css:comment"/>
        <context ref="css:any-value"/>
        <context ref="variable-arguments"/>
        <context ref="css:colon"/> <!-- named parameters / default values -->
        <context ref="css:semicolon"/>
      </include>
    </context>


    <!-- guards -->

    <context id="guard-logical-operator" style-ref="guard-operator">
      <keyword>and</keyword>
      <keyword>not</keyword>
      <keyword>or</keyword>
    </context>

    <context id="guard-comparison-operator" style-ref="operator-symbol">
      <match>(&gt;=?|=&lt;?|&lt;)</match>
    </context>

    <context id="guard-test">
      <start>\(</start>
      <end>\)</end>
      <include>
        <context sub-pattern="0" where="start" style-ref="css:test-delimiter"/>
        <context sub-pattern="0" where="end" style-ref="css:test-delimiter"/>
        <context ref="css:comment"/>
        <context ref="css:any-value"/>
        <context ref="guard-comparison-operator"/>
      </include>
    </context>

    <context id="guard">
      <start>\%[when\%]</start>
      <end>(?={)</end>
      <include>
        <context sub-pattern="0" where="start" style-ref="guard-operator"/>
        <context ref="css:comment"/>
        <context ref="guard-test"/>
        <context ref="guard-logical-operator"/>
        <context ref="css:comma"/>
      </include>
    </context>


    <!-- Less selectors -->

    <context id="parent-combinator">
      <match>(&amp;)(\%{css:identifier-chars}?)</match>
      <include>
        <context sub-pattern="1" style-ref="css:combinator"/>
        <context sub-pattern="2" style-ref="selector-fragment"/>
      </include>
    </context>

    <context id="variable-interpolation-fragment" style-ref="selector-fragment">
      <match>(?&lt;=})\%{css:identifier-chars}</match>
    </context>

    <context id="less-pseudo-classes" style-ref="css:pseudo-class">
      <prefix>:</prefix>
      <keyword>extend</keyword>
    </context>

    <context id="extend-pseudo-class-argument-keyword" style-ref="css:keyword">
      <keyword>all</keyword>
    </context>

    <context id="extend-pseudo-class-argument">
      <start>(?&lt;=:extend)\(</start>
      <end>\)</end>
      <include>
        <context sub-pattern="0" where="start" style-ref="css:pseudo-class"/>
        <context sub-pattern="0" where="end" style-ref="css:pseudo-class"/>
        <context ref="css:comment"/>
        <context ref="extend-pseudo-class-argument-keyword"/>
        <context ref="css:selector"/>
      </include>
    </context>

    <context id="inside-ruleset-extend">
      <start>(?=&amp;:extend\()</start>
      <end>\%{statement-end}</end>
      <include>
        <context sub-pattern="0" where="end" style-ref="css:delimiter"/>
        <context ref="css:comment"/>
        <context ref="css:selector"/>
      </include>
    </context>


    <!-- selectors -->

    <context id="less-attribute-selector-content">
      <include>
        <context ref="variable-interpolation-value"/>
        <context ref="css:attribute-selector-content" original="true"/>
      </include>
    </context>

    <context id="less-simple-selector">
      <include>
        <context ref="variable-interpolation-value"/> <!-- include in simple selector to be included in :not() -->
        <context ref="variable-interpolation-fragment"/>
        <context ref="css:simple-selector" original="true"/>
      </include>
    </context>

    <context id="less-combinator">
      <include>
        <context ref="parent-combinator"/>
        <context ref="css:combinator" original="true"/>
      </include>
    </context>

    <context id="less-pseudo-class">
      <include>
        <context ref="less-pseudo-classes"/>
        <context ref="css:pseudo-class" original="true"/>
      </include>
    </context>

    <context id="less-lang-pseudo-class-argument-content">
      <include>
        <context ref="variable-interpolation-value"/>
        <context ref="css:lang-pseudo-class-argument-content" original="true"/>
      </include>
    </context>

    <context id="less-nth-pseudo-class-argument-content">
      <include>
        <context ref="variable-interpolation-value"/>
        <context ref="css:nth-pseudo-class-argument-content" original="true"/>
      </include>
    </context>

    <context id="less-pseudo-class-argument">
      <include>
        <context ref="extend-pseudo-class-argument"/>
        <context ref="css:pseudo-class-argument" original="true"/>
      </include>
    </context>

    <context id="less-selector">
      <include>
        <context ref="guard"/>
        <context ref="css:modifier"/>
        <context ref="css:selector" original="true"/>
        <context ref="mixin-parameters"/> <!-- can interfere with pseudo-class arguments -->
        <context ref="css:semicolon"/> <!-- after mixin calls -->
      </include>
    </context>

    <replace id="css:attribute-selector-content" ref="less-attribute-selector-content"/>
    <replace id="css:simple-selector" ref="less-simple-selector"/>
    <replace id="css:combinator" ref="less-combinator"/>
    <replace id="css:pseudo-class" ref="less-pseudo-class"/>
    <replace id="css:lang-pseudo-class-argument-content" ref="less-lang-pseudo-class-argument-content"/>
    <replace id="css:nth-pseudo-class-argument-content" ref="less-nth-pseudo-class-argument-content"/>
    <replace id="css:pseudo-class-argument" ref="less-pseudo-class-argument"/>
    <replace id="css:selector" ref="less-selector"/>


    <!-- top level declarations -->

    <context id="top-level-declaration-property">
      <include>
        <context ref="variable"/>
      </include>
    </context>

    <context id="top-level-declaration">
      <include>
        <context ref="top-level-declaration-property"/>
        <context ref="css:declaration-value"/>
        <context ref="css:modifier"/>
        <context ref="css:semicolon"/>
      </include>
    </context>


    <!-- main context -->

    <context id="less" class="no-spell-check">
      <include>
        <context ref="css:comment"/>
        <context ref="css:at-rule"/> <!-- because Less variables look like at-rules -->
        <context ref="detached-ruleset-call"/>
        <context ref="standalone-plugin-function-call"/>
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