From c40507addbb0db32bf0dd3c79403a6cef48f11f3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Veronica Berglyd Olsen <1619840+vkbo@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2025 18:58:52 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix Unicode bug in syntax highlighter

---
 novelwriter/gui/dochighlight.py | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/novelwriter/gui/dochighlight.py b/novelwriter/gui/dochighlight.py
index 24e976fd..114acdb3 100644
--- a/novelwriter/gui/dochighlight.py
+++ b/novelwriter/gui/dochighlight.py
@@ -408,12 +408,11 @@ class GuiDocHighlighter(QSyntaxHighlighter):
                 self.setFormat(0, blockLen, self._hStyles["code"])
                 return
             elif check.startswith("[vspace:") and check.endswith("]"):
-                length = len(check)
                 value = checkInt(check[8:-1], 0)
                 style = "value" if value > 0 else "invalid"
                 self.setFormat(0, 8, self._hStyles["code"])
-                self.setFormat(8, length-9, self._hStyles[style])
-                self.setFormat(length-1, length, self._hStyles["code"])
+                self.setFormat(8, blockLen-10, self._hStyles[style])
+                self.setFormat(blockLen-2, blockLen, self._hStyles["code"])
                 return
 
         else:  # Text Paragraph