Sublime Syntax definition of ASCII ("Old-Style") Property List, converted via ST4 from textmate/property-list.tmbundle

ascii-plist.sublime-syntax

%YAML 1.2
---
# http://www.sublimetext.com/docs/syntax.html
name: Property List (Old-Style)
file_extensions:
  - plist

# from: https://github.com/textmate/property-list.tmbundle/blob/master/Syntaxes/Property%20List%20(Old-Style).tmLanguage
# warning: pop pattern contains \G, this will not work as expected if it's intended to refer to the begin regex: (?!\G)

first_line_match: \A// .*?\b(?i:property list)\b
scope: source.plist
contexts:
  main:
    - match: '(?=\(|\{)'
      push:
        - match: (?=not)possible
          pop: true
        - include: dictionary
        - include: array
        - include: comment
        - include: stray
    - include: comment
    - include: stray
  comment:
    - match: /\*
      captures:
        0: punctuation.definition.comment.begin.plist
      push:
        - meta_scope: comment.block.plist
        - match: \*/
          captures:
            0: punctuation.definition.comment.begin.plist
          pop: true
    - match: '(^[ \t]+)?(?=//)'
      captures:
        1: punctuation.whitespace.comment.leading.plist
      push:
        - match: (?!\G)
          pop: true
        - match: //
          captures:
            0: punctuation.definition.comment.plist
          push:
            - meta_scope: comment.line.double-slash.plist
            - match: \n
              pop: true
  array:
    - match: \G\(
      captures:
        0: punctuation.definition.array.begin.plist
      push:
        - meta_scope: meta.scope.array.plist
        - match: \)
          captures:
            0: punctuation.definition.array.end.plist
          pop: true
        - include: array_item
        - include: comment
        - include: stray
  array_item:
    - match: '(?=<|\(|\{|"|''|[-a-zA-Z0-9_.])'
      push:
        - meta_scope: meta.scope.array-item.plist
        - match: ',|(?=\))'
          captures:
            0: punctuation.separator.array.plist
          pop: true
        - include: dictionary
        - include: array
        - include: string
        - include: binary
        - include: comment
        - include: stray
  binary:
    - match: \G<
      captures:
        1: punctuation.definition.data.plist
      push:
        - meta_scope: meta.binary-data.plist
        - meta_content_scope: constant.numeric.base64.plist
        - match: (=?)\s*(>)
          captures:
            1: punctuation.terminator.data.plist
            2: punctuation.definition.data.plist
          pop: true
        - match: '[^A-Za-z0-9+/ \n]'
          scope: invalid.illegal.invalid-character.plist
  dictionary:
    - match: '\G\{'
      captures:
        0: punctuation.definition.dictionary.begin.plist
      push:
        - meta_scope: meta.scope.dictionary.plist
        - match: '\}'
          captures:
            0: punctuation.definition.dictionary.end.plist
          pop: true
        - include: dictionary_item
        - include: comment
        - include: stray
  dictionary_item:
    - match: '(?>((")((?:[^"\\]|\\.)*)("))|(('')((?:[^''\\]|\\.)*)(''))|([-a-zA-Z0-9_.]+))'
      captures:
        1: string.quoted.double.plist
        2: punctuation.definition.string.begin.plist
        3: constant.other.key.plist
        4: punctuation.definition.string.end.plist
        5: string.quoted.single.plist
        6: punctuation.definition.string.begin.plist
        7: constant.other.key.plist
        8: punctuation.definition.string.end.plist
        9: constant.other.key.plist
      push:
        - meta_scope: 'meta.scope.dictionary-item.${3/[[\s\x20-\x7F]&&[:^alnum:]]//g}${7/[[\s\x20-\x7F]&&[:^alnum:]]//g}${9/[[\s\x20-\x7F]&&[:^alnum:]]//g}.plist'
        - match: ';|(?=\})'
          captures:
            0: punctuation.separator.dictionary.plist
          pop: true
        - include: dictionary_item_contents
  dictionary_item_contents:
    - match: '='
      push:
        - match: '(?=;|\})'
          pop: true
        - match: '(?=<|\(|\{|"|''|[-a-zA-Z0-9_.])'
          push:
            - match: '(?=;|\})'
              pop: true
            - include: dictionary
            - include: array
            - include: string
            - include: binary
            - include: stray
        - include: stray_alpha
    - include: stray
  stray:
    - match: \S
      push:
        - meta_scope: invalid.illegal.character-not-allowed-here.plist
        - match: '(?=\{|\(|/\*|//|"|''|<|,|;|\)|\}|=)'
          pop: true
  stray_alpha:
    - match: \S
      push:
        - meta_scope: invalid.illegal.character-not-allowed-here.plist
        - match: '(?=\{|\(|/\*|//|"|''|<|,|;|\)|\}|=|\b[a-zA-Z0-9]|[-_.])'
          pop: true
  string:
    - match: \G'
      captures:
        0: punctuation.definition.string.begin.plist
      push:
        - meta_scope: string.quoted.single.plist
        - match: '''(?!'')'
          captures:
            0: punctuation.definition.string.end.plist
          pop: true
        - include: string-contents
    - match: \G"
      captures:
        0: punctuation.definition.string.begin.plist
      push:
        - meta_scope: string.quoted.double.plist
        - match: '"'
          captures:
            0: punctuation.definition.string.end.plist
          pop: true
        - include: string-contents
    - match: '\G[-+]?\d+(\.\d*)?(E[-+]\d+)?(?!\w)'
      scope: constant.numeric.plist
    - match: '\G[-a-zA-Z0-9_.]+'
      scope: string.unquoted.plist
  string-contents:
    - match: '\\([uU](\h{4}|\h{2})|\d{1,3}|.)'
      scope: constant.character.escape.plist