From c7c0f560b89f5bbaab905268e82d569dd61b2e38 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ozacod <47009516+ozacod@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2026 05:12:18 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] languages: Capture escape sequences in C and C++ (#46116)

Before:
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src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/95467f0a-e464-44ea-a8f3-bedccf57c6a9"
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After:
<img width="967" height="256" alt="after"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/5eb43918-4348-42d2-9174-3fafd82919d0"
/>

Release Notes:

- Added highlighting for escape sequences for C and C++.
---
 crates/languages/src/c/highlights.scm   | 2 ++
 crates/languages/src/cpp/highlights.scm | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/crates/languages/src/c/highlights.scm b/crates/languages/src/c/highlights.scm
index 46c970e69d97a232dc9d83aa6b9470de74f74833..2798bc7734fe11826a949bfa87076f221c7e5f5b 100644
--- a/crates/languages/src/c/highlights.scm
+++ b/crates/languages/src/c/highlights.scm
@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@
   (char_literal)
 ] @string
 
+(escape_sequence) @string.escape
+
 (comment) @comment
 
 (number_literal) @number
diff --git a/crates/languages/src/cpp/highlights.scm b/crates/languages/src/cpp/highlights.scm
index af906e67122333b6e1834f1280d4458189daf105..44631ca0e0e8040e10151b503b9982e5fa52deb9 100644
--- a/crates/languages/src/cpp/highlights.scm
+++ b/crates/languages/src/cpp/highlights.scm
@@ -198,6 +198,8 @@ type: (primitive_type) @type.builtin
   (raw_string_literal)
 ] @string
 
+(escape_sequence) @string.escape
+
 [
   ","
   ":"