[SVN] Word length in textmate languages?

[Allan Odgaard]

On Aug 17, 2007, at 8:38 AM, Duane Ryan wrote:

> I'm writing  a bundle for ppc assembly, and I have this nightmare  
> to deal with:
> http://developer.apple.com/documentation/DeveloperTools/Reference/ 
> Assembler/PPCInstructions/chapter_6_section_6.html
>
> I can't match to the end of the word for many of these instructions,
> because the character '.' isn't considered part of a word. How can I
> change what is considered a word, just for this language?

I don’t understand this. Are you writing a grammar for the language?  
If so, why would the definition of a word be relevant to that?