"Continue" is highlighted as a statement/keyword when used as a parameter value #224

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1. andyleejordan commented on Apr 23, 2026

   

   Andy Jordan (andyleejordan)

   on Apr 23, 2026

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   Maybe due to #223 Olav Rønnestad Birkeland (@o-l-a-v) can you take a look?
2. RedCMD commented on Apr 24, 2026

   

   RedCMD (RedCMD)

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   Andy Jordan (@andyleejordan) the PowerShell grammar currently doesn't explicitly support command arguments

   EditorSyntax/PowerShellSyntax.tmLanguage

   Lines 525 to 570 in 23eed76

   	<key>commands</key>
   	<dict>
   	<key>patterns</key>
   	<array>
   	<dict>
   	<key>comment</key>
   	<string>Verb-Noun pattern:</string>
   	<key>match</key>
   	<string>(?:(\p{L}|\d|_|-|\\|\:)*\\)?\b(?i:Add|Approve|Assert|Backup|Block|Build|Checkpoint|Clear|Close|Compare|Complete|Compress|Confirm|Connect|Convert|ConvertFrom|ConvertTo|Copy|Debug|Deny|Deploy|Disable|Disconnect|Dismount|Edit|Enable|Enter|Exit|Expand|Export|Find|Format|Get|Grant|Group|Hide|Import|Initialize|Install|Invoke|Join|Limit|Lock|Measure|Merge|Mount|Move|New|Open|Optimize|Out|Ping|Pop|Protect|Publish|Push|Read|Receive|Redo|Register|Remove|Rename|Repair|Request|Reset|Resize|Resolve|Restart|Restore|Resume|Revoke|Save|Search|Select|Send|Set|Show|Skip|Split|Start|Step|Stop|Submit|Suspend|Switch|Sync|Test|Trace|Unblock|Undo|Uninstall|Unlock|Unprotect|Unpublish|Unregister|Update|Use|Wait|Watch|Write)\-.+?(?:\.(?i:exe|cmd|bat|ps1))?\b</string>
   	<key>name</key>
   	<string>support.function.powershell</string>
   	</dict>
   	<dict>
   	<key>comment</key>
   	<string>Builtin cmdlets with reserved verbs</string>
   	<key>match</key>
   	<string>(?&lt;!\w)(?i:foreach-object)(?!\w)</string>
   	<key>name</key>
   	<string>support.function.powershell</string>
   	</dict>
   	<dict>
   	<key>comment</key>
   	<string>Builtin cmdlets with reserved verbs</string>
   	<key>match</key>
   	<string>(?&lt;!\w)(?i:where-object)(?!\w)</string>
   	<key>name</key>
   	<string>support.function.powershell</string>
   	</dict>
   	<dict>
   	<key>comment</key>
   	<string>Builtin cmdlets with reserved verbs</string>
   	<key>match</key>
   	<string>(?&lt;!\w)(?i:sort-object)(?!\w)</string>
   	<key>name</key>
   	<string>support.function.powershell</string>
   	</dict>
   	<dict>
   	<key>comment</key>
   	<string>Builtin cmdlets with reserved verbs</string>
   	<key>match</key>
   	<string>(?&lt;!\w)(?i:tee-object)(?!\w)</string>
   	<key>name</key>
   	<string>support.function.powershell</string>
   	</dict>
   	</array>
   	</dict>

   

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   something like this could work
   (I'm not sure how restrictive calling commands are)