Hello. I'm experimenting with crazy nested syntax coloring. I can't seem to figure out how to make all the transparent background colors interact properly.

Ideally I'd like to define a scope: scope test = everything within "(...)"

Then set a syntax color of transparent background color. scope: test = White 10% opaque

Then nest a bunch of them inside each other. zero (one (two (three (four (five (six (seven (eight ))))))))

result: The transparent background color would compound and gradually get stronger: n/a (10% (20% (30% (40% (50% (60% (70% (80% ))))))))

If I could get this to work, I could color different block types with a massive background color & the content colors would be based on the block color. EG: HTML tags = blue BG, embedded ASP = red BG, strings = yellow BG ... string in html tags = green, string in asp = orange.

With what I know now I could simulate this by explicitly setting the background colors for every possible combination of elements, but that's a lot of work. And if I decide to change the hue of something I have to manually recalculate all of those static simulations of color interactions.

--- I can get things to interact with the background color. If I change the BG color for the scope "source" all the transparent things define their transparency based on that color. Also the line highlight & selection colors.

--- Am I asking for too much? Will this make performance suffer? Is this already possible, but I just can't figure it out?