and equivalent to
string delim "/" "/"
# this is for HTML5 style for
(type,normal,symbol,normal,string) = `([^="[:blank:]>]+)([[:blank:]]*)(=)([[:blank:]]*)([^="'>]+)`
# this is for the case where we expect " " or ' ' after the =
(type,normal,symbol) = `([^="[:blank:]>]+)([[:blank:]]*)(=)`
# everything else is highlighted as type
type = '[[:alnum:]]+'