MV BASIC Extension still does not support "\" as a string quote

We use UniVerse which allows strings to be quoted with backslashes.

I just realised that the backslash quoted strings in MV BASIC are not recognised as strings, and then found it has been a bug since 2022

[BUG] Syntax Highlighting Incorrect When Using Backslash ('\') to Delineate String Literals · Issue #167 · mvextensions/mvbasic

Not having correct string detection causes flow-on false-positive errors to be presented which make using MV BASIC less valuable as you have to sort through those reports just in case it is hiding a real problem.

I used Bing’s search to understand what is needed to sort this out.

Bing’s AI indicates this is the snippet needed

{

  "name": "string.quoted.backslash.mvbasic",

  "begin": "\\\\",

  "end": "\\\\"

}
and that it should live in the syntaxes/mvbasic.tmLanguage.json file within the rocketsoftware.mvbasic extension folder.

I have not tried this, but if it is as simple as that could it be corrected in the next MV BASIC extension release?