Hello,

I created a edit-scheme which should recognize everything
between a * and a ; as a comment if there is only whitespace between
the preceeding ; (in the same line) and the beginning * .

Example:

i=3*j; *comment1; *comment2;

Here I want the signs till the first ; not to be considered as comment.
The two following parts between * and ; should be considered as comments.

I defined RULES with the SPAN_REGEXP command, but highlighting works
only for the first comment in the line. Somehow the ending ; of the first
comment is not considered as the begin of a SPAN_REGEXP.
Now I introduce a second ; in my example like follows:

i=3*j; *comment1;; *comment2;

Here also the second comment is recognised by the the SPAN_REGEXP:
[;][[:space:]]+[*]

Does anybody know a solution to this problem?
Thanks a lot in advance