The MARK_FOLLOWING Tag
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## The MARK_FOLLOWING Tag

The `MARK_FOLLOWING` rule, which must be placed inside a `RULES` tag, highlights from the start of the match to the next syntax token. The text to match is specified between opening and closing `MARK_FOLLOWING` tags. The following attributes are supported:

- `TYPE` - The token type to highlight the text with. See the section called “Token Types” for a list of token types.

- `AT_LINE_START` - If set to `TRUE`, the sequence will only be highlighted if it occurs at the beginning of a line.

- `AT_WHITESPACE_END` - If set to `TRUE`, the sequence will only be highlighted if it is the first non-whitespace text in the line.

- `AT_WORD_START` - If set to `TRUE`, the sequence will only be highlighted if it occurs at the beginning of a word.

- `MATCH_TYPE` - Controls how the matched region will be highlighted. See the section called “The MATCH_TYPE Attribute” for more information.

Here is a rule that highlights variables in Unix shell scripts (“$CLASSPATH”, “$IFS”, etc):

    <MARK_FOLLOWING TYPE="KEYWORD2">$</MARK_FOLLOWING>

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