From ce5a0e82bf79f79b4cf38055af128a13187b244e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Roland Walker <walker@pobox.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2026 15:09:08 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] tokenize a leading slash or backslash as a symbol

so that in eg "/help", the characters should all be highly visible and
have the same color.
---
 changelog.md   | 5 +++++
 mycli/lexer.py | 3 ++-
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index d1836d253..27ef500ac 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ Features
 * Include a MariaDB server and example data in the Docker image.
 
 
+Bug Fixes
+--------
+* Tokenize leading `/` and `\` as symbol names for better highlighting.
+
+
 Documentation
 --------
 * Add `--pull=always` to documented `docker run` command.
diff --git a/mycli/lexer.py b/mycli/lexer.py
index 4caac56d2..1a726ab30 100644
--- a/mycli/lexer.py
+++ b/mycli/lexer.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from pygments.lexer import inherit
 from pygments.lexers.sql import MySqlLexer
-from pygments.token import Keyword
+from pygments.token import Keyword, Name
 
 
 class MyCliLexer(MySqlLexer):
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ class MyCliLexer(MySqlLexer):
 
     tokens = {
         "root": [
+            (r'^[/\\]', Name),
             (r"\brepair\b", Keyword),
             (r"\boffset\b", Keyword),
             inherit,