Update

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/syntax/rst.vim b/syntax/rst.vim
index 89f46e64..a875a44b 100644
--- a/syntax/rst.vim
+++ b/syntax/rst.vim
@@ -94,16 +94,21 @@ execute 'syn match rstSubstitutionDefinition contained' .
       \ ' /|.*|\_s\+/ nextgroup=@rstDirectives'
 
 function! s:DefineOneInlineMarkup(name, start, middle, end, char_left, char_right)
+  execute 'syn match rstEscape'.a:name.' +\\\\\|\\'.a:start.'+'.' contained'
+
   execute 'syn region rst' . a:name .
         \ ' start=+' . a:char_left . '\zs' . a:start .
         \ '\ze[^[:space:]' . a:char_right . a:start[strlen(a:start) - 1] . ']+' .
         \ a:middle .
-        \ ' end=+\S' . a:end . '\ze\%($\|\s\|[''"’)\]}>/:.,;!?\\-]\)+'
+        \ ' end=+' . a:end . '\ze\%($\|\s\|[''"’)\]}>/:.,;!?\\-]\)+' .
+        \ ' contains=rstEscape' . a:name
+
+  execute 'hi def link rstEscape'.a:name.' Special'
 endfunction
 
 function! s:DefineInlineMarkup(name, start, middle, end)
   let middle = a:middle != "" ?
-        \ (' skip=+\\\\\|\\' . a:middle . '+') :
+        \ (' skip=+\\\\\|\\' . a:middle . '\|\s' . a:middle . '+') :
         \ ""
 
   call s:DefineOneInlineMarkup(a:name, a:start, middle, a:end, "'", "'")