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+zsh-syntax-highlighting / highlighters / main
+---------------------------------------------
+
+This is the `main` highlighter, that highlights:
+
+* Commands
+* Options
+* Arguments
+* Paths
+* Strings
+
+This highlighter is active by default.
+
+
+### How to tweak it
+
+This highlighter defines the following styles:
+
+* `unknown-token` - unknown tokens / errors
+* `reserved-word` - shell reserved words (`if`, `for`)
+* `alias` - aliases
+* `suffix-alias` - suffix aliases (requires zsh 5.1.1 or newer)
+* `global-alias` - global aliases
+* `builtin` - shell builtin commands (`shift`, `pwd`, `zstyle`)
+* `function` - function names
+* `command` - command names
+* `precommand` - precommand modifiers (e.g., `noglob`, `builtin`)
+* `commandseparator` - command separation tokens (`;`, `&&`)
+* `hashed-command` - hashed commands
+* `autodirectory` - a directory name in command position when the `AUTO_CD` option is set
+* `path` - existing filenames
+* `path_pathseparator` - path separators in filenames (`/`); if unset, `path` is used (default)
+* `path_prefix` - prefixes of existing filenames
+* `path_prefix_pathseparator` - path separators in prefixes of existing filenames (`/`); if unset, `path_prefix` is used (default)
+* `globbing` - globbing expressions (`*.txt`)
+* `history-expansion` - history expansion expressions (`!foo` and `^foo^bar`)
+* `command-substitution` - command substitutions (`$(echo foo)`)
+* `command-substitution-unquoted` - an unquoted command substitution (`$(echo foo)`)
+* `command-substitution-quoted` - a quoted command substitution (`"$(echo foo)"`)
+* `command-substitution-delimiter` - command substitution delimiters (`$(` and `)`)
+* `command-substitution-delimiter-unquoted` - an unquoted command substitution delimiters (`$(` and `)`)
+* `command-substitution-delimiter-quoted` - a quoted command substitution delimiters (`"$(` and `)"`)
+* `process-substitution` - process substitutions (`<(echo foo)`)
+* `process-substitution-delimiter` - process substitution delimiters (`<(` and `)`)
+* `arithmetic-expansion` - arithmetic expansion `$(( 42 ))`)
+* `single-hyphen-option` - single-hyphen options (`-o`)
+* `double-hyphen-option` - double-hyphen options (`--option`)
+* `back-quoted-argument` - backtick command substitution (`` `foo` ``)
+* `back-quoted-argument-unclosed` - unclosed backtick command substitution (`` `foo ``)
+* `back-quoted-argument-delimiter` - backtick command substitution delimiters (`` ` ``)
+* `single-quoted-argument` - single-quoted arguments (`` 'foo' ``)
+* `single-quoted-argument-unclosed` - unclosed single-quoted arguments (`` 'foo ``)
+* `double-quoted-argument` - double-quoted arguments (`` "foo" ``)
+* `double-quoted-argument-unclosed` - unclosed double-quoted arguments (`` "foo ``)
+* `dollar-quoted-argument` - dollar-quoted arguments (`` $'foo' ``)
+* `dollar-quoted-argument-unclosed` - unclosed dollar-quoted arguments (`` $'foo ``)
+* `rc-quote` - two single quotes inside single quotes when the `RC_QUOTES` option is set (`` 'foo''bar' ``)
+* `dollar-double-quoted-argument` - parameter expansion inside double quotes (`$foo` inside `""`)
+* `back-double-quoted-argument` - backslash escape sequences inside double-quoted arguments (`\"` in `"foo\"bar"`)
+* `back-dollar-quoted-argument` - backslash escape sequences inside dollar-quoted arguments (`\x` in `$'\x48'`)
+* `assign` - parameter assignments (`x=foo` and `x=( )`)
+* `redirection` - redirection operators (`<`, `>`, etc)
+* `comment` - comments, when `setopt INTERACTIVE_COMMENTS` is in effect (`echo # foo`)
+* `comment` - elided parameters in command position (`$x ls` when `$x` is unset or empty)
+* `named-fd` - named file descriptor (the `fd` in `echo foo {fd}>&2`)
+* `numeric-fd` - numeric file descriptor (the `2` in `echo foo {fd}>&2`)
+* `arg0` - a command word other than one of those enumerated above (other than a command, precommand, alias, function, or shell builtin command).
+* `default` - everything else
+
+To override one of those styles, change its entry in `ZSH_HIGHLIGHT_STYLES`,
+for example in `~/.zshrc`:
+
+```zsh
+# Declare the variable
+typeset -A ZSH_HIGHLIGHT_STYLES
+
+# To differentiate aliases from other command types
+ZSH_HIGHLIGHT_STYLES[alias]='fg=magenta,bold'
+
+# To have paths colored instead of underlined
+ZSH_HIGHLIGHT_STYLES[path]='fg=cyan'
+
+# To disable highlighting of globbing expressions
+ZSH_HIGHLIGHT_STYLES[globbing]='none'
+```
+
+The syntax for values is the same as the syntax of "types of highlighting" of
+the zsh builtin `$zle_highlight` array, which is documented in [the `zshzle(1)`
+manual page][zshzle-Character-Highlighting].
+
+#### Parameters
+
+To avoid partial path lookups on a path, add the path to the `ZSH_HIGHLIGHT_DIRS_BLACKLIST` array.
+
+```zsh
+ZSH_HIGHLIGHT_DIRS_BLACKLIST+=(/mnt/slow_share)
+```
+
+### Useless trivia
+
+#### Forward compatibility.
+
+zsh-syntax-highlighting attempts to be forward-compatible with zsh.
+Specifically, we attempt to facilitate highlighting _command word_ types that
+had not yet been invented when this version of zsh-syntax-highlighting was
+released.
+
+A _command word_ is something like a function name, external command name, et
+cetera. (See
+[Simple Commands & Pipelines in `zshmisc(1)`][zshmisc-Simple-Commands-And-Pipelines]
+for a formal definition.)
+
+If a new _kind_ of command word is ever added to zsh — something conceptually
+different than "function" and "alias" and "external command" — then command words
+of that (new) kind will be highlighted by the style `arg0_$kind`,
+where `$kind` is the output of `type -w` on the new kind of command word. If that
+style is not defined, then the style `arg0` will be used instead.
+
+[zshmisc-Simple-Commands-And-Pipelines]: https://zsh.sourceforge.io/Doc/Release/Shell-Grammar.html#Simple-Commands-_0026-Pipelines
+
+[zshzle-Character-Highlighting]: https://zsh.sourceforge.io/Doc/Release/Zsh-Line-Editor.html#Character-Highlighting