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+# Oniguruma syntax (operator) configuration
+
+_Documented for Oniguruma 6.9.2 (2019/03/28)_
+
+
+----------
+
+
+## Overview
+
+This document details how to configure Oniguruma's syntax, by describing the desired
+syntax operators and behaviors in an instance of the OnigSyntaxType struct, just like
+the built-in Oniguruma syntaxes do.
+
+Configuration operators are bit flags, and are broken into multiple groups, somewhat arbitrarily,
+because Oniguruma takes its configuration as a trio of 32-bit `unsigned int` values, assigned as
+the first three fields in an `OnigSyntaxType` struct:
+
+```C
+typedef struct {
+ unsigned int op;
+ unsigned int op2;
+ unsigned int behavior;
+ OnigOptionType options; /* default option */
+ OnigMetaCharTableType meta_char_table;
+} OnigSyntaxType;
+```
+
+The first group of configuration flags (`op`) roughly corresponds to the
+configuration for "basic regex." The second group (`op2`) roughly corresponds
+to the configuration for "advanced regex." And the third group (`behavior`)
+describes more-or-less what to do for broken input, bad input, or other corner-case
+regular expressions whose meaning is not well-defined. These three groups of
+flags are described in full below, and tables of their usages for various syntaxes
+follow.
+
+The `options` field describes the default compile options to use if the caller does
+not specify any options when invoking `onig_new()`.
+
+The `meta_char_table` field is used exclusively by the ONIG_SYN_OP_VARIABLE_META_CHARACTERS
+option, which allows the various regex metacharacters, like `*` and `?`, to be replaced
+with alternates (for example, SQL typically uses `%` instead of `.*` and `_` instead of `?`).
+
+
+----------
+
+
+## Group One Flags (op)
+
+
+This group contains "basic regex" constructs, features common to most regex systems.
+
+
+### 0. ONIG_SYN_OP_VARIABLE_META_CHARACTERS
+
+_Set in: none_
+
+Enables support for `onig_set_meta_char()`, which allows you to provide alternate
+characters that will be used instead of the six special characters that are normally
+these characters below:
+
+ - `ONIG_META_CHAR_ESCAPE`: `\`
+ - `ONIG_META_CHAR_ANYCHAR`: `.`
+ - `ONIG_META_CHAR_ANYTIME`: `*`
+ - `ONIG_META_CHAR_ZERO_OR_ONE_TIME`: `?`
+ - `ONIG_META_CHAR_ONE_OR_MORE_TIME`: `+`
+ - `ONIG_META_CHAR_ANYCHAR_ANYTIME`: Equivalent in normal regex to `.*`, but supported
+ explicitly so that Oniguruma can support matching SQL `%` wildcards or shell `*` wildcards.
+
+If this flag is set, then the values defined using `onig_set_meta_char()` will be used;
+if this flag is clear, then the default regex characters will be used instead, and
+data set by `onig_set_meta_char()` will be ignored.
+
+
+### 1. ONIG_SYN_OP_DOT_ANYCHAR (enable `.`)
+
+_Set in: PosixBasic, PosixExtended, Emacs, Grep, GnuRegex, Java, Perl, Perl_NG, Ruby, Oniguruma_
+
+Enables support for the standard `.` metacharacter, meaning "any one character." You
+usually want this flag on unless you have turned on `ONIG_SYN_OP_VARIABLE_META_CHARACTERS`
+so that you can use a metacharacter other than `.` instead.
+
+
+### 2. ONIG_SYN_OP_ASTERISK_ZERO_INF (enable `r*`)
+
+_Set in: PosixBasic, PosixExtended, Emacs, Grep, GnuRegex, Perl, Java, Perl_NG, Ruby, Oniguruma_
+
+Enables support for the standard `r*` metacharacter, meaning "zero or more r's."
+You usually want this flag set unless you have turned on `ONIG_SYN_OP_VARIABLE_META_CHARACTERS`
+so that you can use a metacharacter other than `*` instead.
+
+
+### 3. ONIG_SYN_OP_ESC_ASTERISK_ZERO_INF (enable `r\*`)
+
+_Set in: none_
+
+Enables support for an escaped `r\*` metacharacter, meaning "zero or more r's." This is
+useful if you have disabled support for the normal `r*` metacharacter because you want `*`
+to simply match a literal `*` character, but you still want some way of activating "zero or more"
+behavior.
+
+
+### 4. ONIG_SYN_OP_PLUS_ONE_INF (enable `r+`)
+
+_Set in: PosixExtended, Emacs, GnuRegex, Perl, Java, Perl_NG, Ruby, Oniguruma_
+
+Enables support for the standard `r+` metacharacter, meaning "one or more r's."
+You usually want this flag set unless you have turned on `ONIG_SYN_OP_VARIABLE_META_CHARACTERS`
+so that you can use a metacharacter other than `+` instead.
+
+
+### 5. ONIG_SYN_OP_ESC_PLUS_ONE_INF (enable `r\+`)
+
+_Set in: Grep_
+
+Enables support for an escaped `r\+` metacharacter, meaning "one or more r's." This is
+useful if you have disabled support for the normal `r+` metacharacter because you want `+`
+to simply match a literal `+` character, but you still want some way of activating "one or more"
+behavior.
+
+
+### 6. ONIG_SYN_OP_QMARK_ZERO_ONE (enable `r?`)
+
+_Set in: PosixExtended, Emacs, GnuRegex, Perl, Java, Perl_NG, Ruby, Oniguruma_
+
+Enables support for the standard `r?` metacharacter, meaning "zero or one r" or "an optional r."
+You usually want this flag set unless you have turned on `ONIG_SYN_OP_VARIABLE_META_CHARACTERS`
+so that you can use a metacharacter other than `?` instead.
+
+
+### 7. ONIG_SYN_OP_ESC_QMARK_ZERO_ONE (enable `r\?`)
+
+_Set in: Grep_
+
+Enables support for an escaped `r\?` metacharacter, meaning "zero or one r" or "an optional
+r." This is useful if you have disabled support for the normal `r?` metacharacter because
+you want `?` to simply match a literal `?` character, but you still want some way of activating
+"optional" behavior.
+
+
+### 8. ONIG_SYN_OP_BRACE_INTERVAL (enable `r{l,u}`)
+
+_Set in: PosixExtended, GnuRegex, Perl, Java, Perl_NG, Ruby, Oniguruma_
+
+Enables support for the `r{lower,upper}` range form, common to more advanced
+regex engines, which lets you specify precisely a minimum and maximum range on how many r's
+must match (and not simply "zero or more").
+
+This form also allows `r{count}` to specify a precise count of r's that must match.
+
+This form also allows `r{lower,}` to be equivalent to `r{lower,infinity}`.
+
+If and only if the `ONIG_SYN_ALLOW_INTERVAL_LOW_ABBREV` behavior flag is set,
+this form also allows `r{,upper}` to be equivalent to `r{0,upper}`; otherwise,
+`r{,upper}` will be treated as an error.
+
+
+### 9. ONIG_SYN_OP_ESC_BRACE_INTERVAL (enable `\{` and `\}`)
+
+_Set in: PosixBasic, Emacs, Grep_
+
+Enables support for an escaped `r\{lower,upper\}` range form. This is useful if you
+have disabled support for the normal `r{...}` range form and want curly braces to simply
+match literal curly brace characters, but you still want some way of activating
+"range" behavior.
+
+
+### 10. ONIG_SYN_OP_VBAR_ALT (enable `r|s`)
+
+_Set in: PosixExtended, GnuRegex, Perl, Java, Perl_NG, Ruby, Oniguruma_
+
+Enables support for the common `r|s` alternation operator. You usually want this
+flag set.
+
+
+### 11. ONIG_SYN_OP_ESC_VBAR_ALT (enable `\|`)
+
+_Set in: Emacs, Grep_
+
+Enables support for an escaped `r\|s` alternation form. This is useful if you
+have disabled support for the normal `r|s` alternation form and want `|` to simply
+match a literal `|` character, but you still want some way of activating "alternate" behavior.
+
+
+### 12. ONIG_SYN_OP_LPAREN_SUBEXP (enable `(r)`)
+
+_Set in: PosixExtended, GnuRegex, Perl, Java, Perl_NG, Ruby, Oniguruma_
+
+Enables support for the common `(...)` grouping-and-capturing operators. You usually
+want this flag set.
+
+
+### 13. ONIG_SYN_OP_ESC_LPAREN_SUBEXP (enable `\(` and `\)`)
+
+_Set in: PosixBasic, Emacs, Grep_
+
+Enables support for escaped `\(...\)` grouping-and-capturing operators. This is useful if you
+have disabled support for the normal `(...)` grouping-and-capturing operators and want
+parentheses to simply match literal parenthesis characters, but you still want some way of
+activating "grouping" or "capturing" behavior.
+
+
+### 14. ONIG_SYN_OP_ESC_AZ_BUF_ANCHOR (enable `\A` and `\Z` and `\z`)
+
+_Set in: GnuRegex, Perl, Java, Perl_NG, Ruby, Oniguruma_
+
+Enables support for the anchors `\A` (start-of-string), `\Z` (end-of-string or
+newline-at-end-of-string), and `\z` (end-of-string) escapes.
+
+(If the escape metacharacter has been changed from the default of `\`, this
+option will recognize that metacharacter instead.)
+
+
+### 15. ONIG_SYN_OP_ESC_CAPITAL_G_BEGIN_ANCHOR (enable `\G`)
+
+_Set in: GnuRegex, Perl, Java, Perl_NG, Ruby, Oniguruma_
+
+Enables support for the special anchor `\G` (start-of-previous-match).
+
+(If the escape metacharacter has been changed from the default of `\`, this
+option will recognize that metacharacter instead.)
+
+Note that `OnigRegex`/`regex_t` are not stateful objects, and do _not_ record
+the location of the previous match. The `\G` flag uses the `start` parameter
+explicitly passed to `onig_search()` (or `onig_search_with_param()` to determine
+the "start of the previous match," so if the caller always passes the start of
+the entire buffer as the function's `start` parameter, then `\G` will behave
+exactly the same as `\A`.
+
+
+### 16. ONIG_SYN_OP_DECIMAL_BACKREF (enable `\num`)
+
+_Set in: PosixBasic, PosixExtended, Emacs, Grep, GnuRegex, Perl, Java, Perl_NG, Ruby, Oniguruma_
+
+Enables support for subsequent matches to back references to prior capture groups `(...)` using
+the common `\num` syntax (like `\3`).
+
+If this flag is clear, then a numeric escape like `\3` will either be treated as a literal `3`,
+or, if `ONIG_SYN_OP_ESC_OCTAL3` is set, will be treated as an octal character code `\3`.
+
+You usually want this enabled, and it is enabled by default in every built-in syntax.
+
+
+### 17. ONIG_SYN_OP_BRACKET_CC (enable `[...]`)
+
+_Set in: PosixBasic, PosixExtended, Emacs, Grep, GnuRegex, Perl, Java, Perl_NG, Ruby, Oniguruma_
+
+Enables support for recognizing character classes, like `[a-z]`. If this flag is not set, `[`
+and `]` will be treated as ordinary literal characters instead of as metacharacters.
+
+You usually want this enabled, and it is enabled by default in every built-in syntax.
+
+
+### 18. ONIG_SYN_OP_ESC_W_WORD (enable `\w` and `\W`)
+
+_Set in: Grep, GnuRegex, Perl, Java, Perl_NG, Ruby, Oniguruma_
+
+Enables support for the common `\w` and `\W` shorthand forms. These match "word characters,"
+whose meaning varies depending on the encoding being used.
+
+In ASCII encoding, `\w` is equivalent to `[A-Za-z0-9_]`.
+
+In most other encodings, `\w` matches many more characters, including accented letters, Greek letters,
+Cyrillic letters, Braille letters and numbers, Runic letters, Hebrew letters, Arabic letters and numerals,
+Chinese Han ideographs, Japanese Katakana and Hiragana, Korean Hangul, and generally any symbol that
+could qualify as a phonetic "letter" or counting "number" in any language. (Note that emoji are _not_
+considered "word characters.")
+
+`\W` always matches the opposite of whatever `\w` matches.
+
+
+### 19. ONIG_SYN_OP_ESC_LTGT_WORD_BEGIN_END (enable `\<` and `\>`)
+
+_Set in: Grep, GnuRegex_
+
+Enables support for the GNU-specific `\<` and `\>` word-boundary metacharacters. These work like
+the `\b` word-boundary metacharacter, but only match at one end of the word or the other: `\<`
+only matches at a transition from a non-word character to a word character (i.e., at the start
+of a word), and `\>` only matches at a transition from a word character to a non-word character
+(i.e., at the end of a word).
+
+Most regex syntaxes do _not_ support these metacharacters.
+
+
+### 20. ONIG_SYN_OP_ESC_B_WORD_BOUND (enable `\b` and `\B`)
+
+_Set in: Grep, GnuRegex, Perl, Java, Perl_NG, Ruby, Oniguruma_
+
+Enables support for the common `\b` and `\B` word-boundary metacharacters. The `\b` metacharacter
+matches a zero-width position at a transition from word-characters to non-word-characters, or vice
+versa. The `\B` metacharacter matches at all positions _not_ matched by `\b`.
+
+See details in `ONIG_SYN_OP_ESC_W_WORD` above for an explanation as to which characters
+are considered "word characters."
+
+
+### 21. ONIG_SYN_OP_ESC_S_WHITE_SPACE (enable `\s` and `\S`)
+
+_Set in: GnuRegex, Perl, Java, Perl_NG, Ruby, Oniguruma_
+
+Enables support for the common `\s` and `\S` whitespace-matching metacharacters.
+
+The `\s` metacharacter in ASCII encoding is exactly equivalent to the character class
+`[\t\n\v\f\r ]`, or characters codes 9 through 13 (inclusive), and 32.
+
+The `\s` metacharacter in Unicode is exactly equivalent to the character class
+`[\t\n\v\f\r \x85\xA0\x1680\x2000-\x200A\x2028-\x2029\x202F\x205F\x3000]` — that is, it matches
+the same as ASCII, plus U+0085 (next line), U+00A0 (nonbreaking space), U+1680 (Ogham space mark),
+U+2000 (en quad) through U+200A (hair space) (this range includes several widths of Unicode spaces),
+U+2028 (line separator) through U+2029 (paragraph separator),
+U+202F (narrow no-break space), U+205F (medium mathematical space), and U+3000 (CJK ideographic space).
+
+All non-Unicode encodings are handled by converting their code points to the appropriate
+Unicode-equivalent code points, and then matching according to Unicode rules.
+
+`\S` always matches any one character that is _not_ in the set matched by `\s`.
+
+
+### 22. ONIG_SYN_OP_ESC_D_DIGIT (enable `\d` and `\D`)
+
+_Set in: GnuRegex, Perl, Java, Perl_NG, Ruby, Oniguruma_
+
+Enables support for the common `\d` and `\D` digit-matching metacharacters.
+
+The `\d` metacharacter in ASCII encoding is exactly equivalent to the character class
+`[0-9]`, or characters codes 48 through 57 (inclusive).
+
+The `\d` metacharacter in Unicode matches `[0-9]`, as well as digits in Arabic, Devanagari,
+Bengali, Laotian, Mongolian, CJK fullwidth numerals, and many more.
+
+All non-Unicode encodings are handled by converting their code points to the appropriate
+Unicode-equivalent code points, and then matching according to Unicode rules.
+
+`\D` always matches any one character that is _not_ in the set matched by `\d`.
+
+
+### 23. ONIG_SYN_OP_LINE_ANCHOR (enable `^r` and `r$`)
+
+_Set in: Emacs, Grep, GnuRegex, Perl, Java, Perl_NG, Ruby, Oniguruma_
+
+Enables support for the common `^` and `$` line-anchor metacharacters.
+
+In single-line mode, `^` matches the start of the input buffer, and `$` matches
+the end of the input buffer. In multi-line mode, `^` matches if the preceding
+character is `\n`; and `$` matches if the following character is `\n`.
+
+(Note that Oniguruma does not recognize other newline types: It only matches
+`^` and `$` against `\n`: not `\r`, not `\r\n`, not the U+2028 line separator,
+and not any other form.)
+
+
+### 24. ONIG_SYN_OP_POSIX_BRACKET (enable POSIX `[:xxxx:]`)
+
+_Set in: PosixBasic, PosixExtended, Grep, GnuRegex, Perl, Java, Perl_NG, Ruby, Oniguruma_
+
+Enables support for the POSIX `[:xxxx:]` character classes, like `[:alpha:]` and `[:digit:]`.
+The supported POSIX character classes are `alnum`, `alpha`, `blank`, `cntrl`, `digit`,
+`graph`, `lower`, `print`, `punct`, `space`, `upper`, `xdigit`, `ascii`, `word`.
+
+
+### 25. ONIG_SYN_OP_QMARK_NON_GREEDY (enable `r??`, `r*?`, `r+?`, and `r{n,m}?`)
+
+_Set in: Perl, Java, Perl_NG, Ruby, Oniguruma_
+
+Enables support for lazy (non-greedy) quantifiers: That is, if you append a `?` after
+another quantifier such as `?`, `*`, `+`, or `{n,m}`, Oniguruma will try to match
+as _little_ as possible instead of as _much_ as possible.
+
+
+### 26. ONIG_SYN_OP_ESC_CONTROL_CHARS (enable `\n`, `\r`, `\t`, etc.)
+
+_Set in: PosixBasic, PosixExtended, Java, Perl, Perl_NG, Ruby, Oniguruma_
+
+Enables support for C-style control-code escapes, like `\n` and `\r`. Specifically,
+this recognizes `\a` (7), `\b` (8), `\t` (9), `\n` (10), `\f` (12), `\r` (13), and
+`\e` (27). If ONIG_SYN_OP2_ESC_V_VTAB is enabled (see below), this also enables
+support for recognizing `\v` as code point 11.
+
+
+### 27. ONIG_SYN_OP_ESC_C_CONTROL (enable `\cx` control codes)
+
+_Set in: Java, Perl, Perl_NG, Ruby, Oniguruma_
+
+Enables support for named control-code escapes, like `\cm` or `\cM` for code-point
+13. In this shorthand form, control codes may be specified by `\c` (for "Control")
+followed by an alphabetic letter, a-z or A-Z, indicating which code point to represent
+(1 through 26). So `\cA` is code point 1, and `\cZ` is code point 26.
+
+
+### 28. ONIG_SYN_OP_ESC_OCTAL3 (enable `\OOO` octal codes)
+
+_Set in: Java, Perl, Perl_NG, Ruby, Oniguruma_
+
+Enables support for octal-style escapes of up to three digits, like `\1` for code
+point 1, and `\177` for code point 127. Octal values greater than 255 will result
+in an error message.
+
+
+### 29. ONIG_SYN_OP_ESC_X_HEX2 (enable `\xHH` hex codes)
+
+_Set in: Java, Perl, Perl_NG, Ruby, Oniguruma_
+
+Enables support for hexadecimal-style escapes of up to two digits, like `\x1` for code
+point 1, and `\x7F` for code point 127.
+
+
+### 30. ONIG_SYN_OP_ESC_X_BRACE_HEX8 (enable `\x{7HHHHHHH}` hex codes)
+
+_Set in: Perl, Perl_NG, Ruby, Oniguruma_
+
+Enables support for brace-wrapped hexadecimal-style escapes of up to eight digits,
+like `\x{1}` for code point 1, and `\x{FFFE}` for code point 65534.
+
+
+### 31. ONIG_SYN_OP_ESC_O_BRACE_OCTAL (enable `\o{1OOOOOOOOOO}` octal codes)
+
+_Set in: Perl, Perl_NG, Ruby, Oniguruma_
+
+Enables support for brace-wrapped octal-style escapes of up to eleven digits,
+like `\o{1}` for code point 1, and `\o{177776}` for code point 65534.
+
+(New feature as of Oniguruma 6.3.)
+
+
+----------
+
+
+## Group Two Flags (op2)
+
+
+This group contains support for lesser-known regex syntax constructs.
+
+
+### 0. ONIG_SYN_OP2_ESC_CAPITAL_Q_QUOTE (enable `\Q...\E`)
+
+_Set in: Java, Perl, Perl_NG_
+
+Enables support for "quoted" parts of a pattern: Between `\Q` and `\E`, all
+syntax parsing is turned off, so that metacharacters like `*` and `+` will no
+longer be treated as metacharacters, and instead will be matched as literal
+`*` and `+`, as if they had been escaped with `\*` and `\+`.
+
+
+### 1. ONIG_SYN_OP2_QMARK_GROUP_EFFECT (enable `(?...)`)
+
+_Set in: Java, Perl, Perl_NG, Ruby, Oniguruma_
+
+Enables support for the fairly-common `(?...)` grouping operator, which
+controls precedence but which does _not_ capture its contents.
+
+
+### 2. ONIG_SYN_OP2_OPTION_PERL (enable options `(?imsx)` and `(?-imsx)`)
+
+_Set in: Java, Perl, Perl_NG_
+
+Enables support of regex options. (i,m,s,x)
+The supported toggle-able options for this flag are:
+
+ - `i` - Case-insensitivity
+ - `m` - Multi-line mode (`^` and `$` match at `\n` as well as start/end of buffer)
+ - `s` - Single-line mode (`.` can match `\n`)
+ - `x` - Extended pattern (free-formatting: whitespace will ignored)
+
+
+### 3. ONIG_SYN_OP2_OPTION_RUBY (enable options `(?imx)` and `(?-imx)`)
+
+_Set in: Ruby, Oniguruma_
+
+Enables support of regex options. (i,m,x)
+The supported toggle-able options for this flag are:
+
+ - `i` - Case-insensitivity
+ - `m` - Multi-line mode (`.` can match `\n`)
+ - `x` - Extended pattern (free-formatting: whitespace will ignored)
+
+
+### 4. ONIG_SYN_OP2_PLUS_POSSESSIVE_REPEAT (enable `r?+`, `r*+`, and `r++`)
+
+_Set in: Ruby, Oniguruma_
+
+Enables support for the _possessive_ quantifiers `?+`, `*+`, and `++`, which
+work similarly to `?` and `*` and `+`, respectively, but which do not backtrack
+after matching: Like the normal greedy quantifiers, they match as much as
+possible, but they do not attempt to match _less_ than their maximum possible
+extent if subsequent parts of the pattern fail to match.
+
+
+### 5. ONIG_SYN_OP2_PLUS_POSSESSIVE_INTERVAL (enable `r{n,m}+`)
+
+_Set in: Java_
+
+Enables support for the _possessive_ quantifier `{n,m}+`, which
+works similarly to `{n,m}`, but which does not backtrack
+after matching: Like the normal greedy quantifier, it matches as much as
+possible, but it do not attempt to match _less_ than its maximum possible
+extent if subsequent parts of the pattern fail to match.
+
+
+### 6. ONIG_SYN_OP2_CCLASS_SET_OP (enable `&&` within `[...]`)
+
+_Set in: Java, Ruby, Oniguruma_
+
+Enables support for character-class _intersection_. For example, with this
+feature enabled, you can write `[a-z&&[^aeiou]]` to produce a character class
+of only consonants, or `[\0-\37&&[^\n\r]]` to produce a character class of
+all control codes _except_ newlines.
+
+
+### 7. ONIG_SYN_OP2_QMARK_LT_NAMED_GROUP (enable named captures `(?<name>...)`)
+
+_Set in: Perl_NG, Ruby, Oniguruma_
+
+Enables support for _naming_ capture groups, so that instead of having to
+refer to captures by position (like `\3` or `$3`), you can refer to them by names
+(like `server` and `path`). This supports the Perl/Ruby naming syntaxes `(?<name>...)`
+and `(?'name'...)`, but not the Python `(?P<name>...)` syntax.
+
+
+### 8. ONIG_SYN_OP2_ESC_K_NAMED_BACKREF (enable named backreferences `\k<name>`)
+
+_Set in: Perl_NG, Ruby, Oniguruma_
+
+Enables support for substituted backreferences by name, not just by position.
+This supports using `\k'name'` in addition to supporting `\k<name>`. This also
+supports an Oniguruma-specific extension that lets you specify the _distance_ of
+the match, if the capture matched multiple times, by writing `\k<name+n>` or
+`\k<name-n>`.
+
+
+### 9. ONIG_SYN_OP2_ESC_G_SUBEXP_CALL (enable backreferences `\g<name>` and `\g<n>`)
+
+_Set in: Perl_NG, Ruby, Oniguruma_
+
+Enables support for substituted backreferences by both name and position using
+the same syntax. This supports using `\g'name'` and `\g'1'` in addition to
+supporting `\g<name>` and `\g<1>`.
+
+
+### 10. ONIG_SYN_OP2_ATMARK_CAPTURE_HISTORY (enable `(?@...)` and `(?@<name>...)`)
+
+_Set in: none_
+
+Enables support for _capture history_, which can answer via the `onig_*capture*()`
+functions exactly which captures were matched, how many times, and where in the
+input they were matched, by placing `?@` in front of the capture. Per Oniguruma's
+regex syntax documentation (appendix A-5):
+
+`/(?@a)*/.match("aaa")` ==> `[<0-1>, <1-2>, <2-3>]`
+
+This can require substantial memory, is primarily useful for debugging, and is not
+enabled by default in any syntax.
+
+
+### 11. ONIG_SYN_OP2_ESC_CAPITAL_C_BAR_CONTROL (enable `\C-x`)
+
+_Set in: Ruby, Oniguruma_
+
+Enables support for Ruby legacy control-code escapes, like `\C-m` or `\C-M` for code-point
+13. In this shorthand form, control codes may be specified by `\C-` (for "Control")
+followed by a single character (or equivalent), indicating which code point to represent,
+based on that character's lowest five bits. So, like `\c`, you can represent code-point
+10 with `\C-j`, but you can also represent it with `\C-*` as well.
+
+See also ONIG_SYN_OP_ESC_C_CONTROL, which enables the more-common `\cx` syntax.
+
+
+### 12. ONIG_SYN_OP2_ESC_CAPITAL_M_BAR_META (enable `\M-x`)
+
+_Set in: Ruby, Oniguruma_
+
+Enables support for Ruby legacy meta-code escapes. When you write `\M-x`, Oniguruma
+will match an `x` whose 8th bit is set (i.e., the character code of `x` will be or'ed
+with `0x80`). So, for example, you can match `\x81` using `\x81`, or you can write
+`\M-\1`. This is mostly useful when working with legacy 8-bit character encodings.
+
+
+### 13. ONIG_SYN_OP2_ESC_V_VTAB (enable `\v` as vertical tab)
+
+_Set in: Java, Ruby, Oniguruma_
+
+Enables support for a C-style `\v` escape code, meaning "vertical tab." If enabled,
+`\v` will be equivalent to ASCII code point 11.
+
+
+### 14. ONIG_SYN_OP2_ESC_U_HEX4 (enable `\uHHHH` for Unicode)
+
+_Set in: Java, Ruby, Oniguruma_
+
+Enables support for a Java-style `\uHHHH` escape code for representing Unicode
+code-points by number, using up to four hexadecimal digits (up to `\uFFFF`). So,
+for example, `\u221E` will match an infinity symbol, `∞`.
+
+For code points larger than four digits, like the emoji `🚡` (aerial tramway, or code
+point U+1F6A1), you must either represent the character directly using an encoding like
+UTF-8, or you must enable support for ONIG_SYN_OP_ESC_X_BRACE_HEX8 or
+ONIG_SYN_OP_ESC_O_BRACE_OCTAL, which support more than four digits.
+
+(New feature as of Oniguruma 6.7.)
+
+
+### 15. ONIG_SYN_OP2_ESC_GNU_BUF_ANCHOR (enable ``\` `` and `\'` anchors)
+
+_Set in: Emacs_
+
+This flag makes the ``\` `` and `\'` escapes function identically to
+`\A` and `\z`, respectively (when ONIG_SYN_OP_ESC_AZ_BUF_ANCHOR is enabled).
+
+These anchor forms are very obscure, and rarely supported by other regex libraries.
+
+
+### 16. ONIG_SYN_OP2_ESC_P_BRACE_CHAR_PROPERTY (enable `\p{...}` and `\P{...}`)
+
+_Set in: Java, Perl, Perl_NG, Ruby, Oniguruma_
+
+Enables support for an alternate syntax for POSIX character classes; instead of
+writing `[:alpha:]` when this is enabled, you can instead write `\p{alpha}`.
+
+See also ONIG_SYN_OP_POSIX_BRACKET for the classic POSIX form.
+
+
+### 17. ONIG_SYN_OP2_ESC_P_BRACE_CIRCUMFLEX_NOT (enable `\p{^...}` and `\P{^...}`)
+
+_Set in: Perl, Perl_NG, Ruby, Oniguruma_
+
+Enables support for an alternate syntax for POSIX character classes; instead of
+writing `[:^alpha:]` when this is enabled, you can instead write `\p{^alpha}`.
+
+See also ONIG_SYN_OP_POSIX_BRACKET for the classic POSIX form.
+
+
+### 18. ONIG_SYN_OP2_CHAR_PROPERTY_PREFIX_IS
+
+_(not presently used)_
+
+
+### 19. ONIG_SYN_OP2_ESC_H_XDIGIT (enable `\h` and `\H`)
+
+_Set in: Ruby, Oniguruma_
+
+Enables support for the Ruby-specific shorthand `\h` and `\H` metacharacters.
+Somewhat like `\d` matches decimal digits, `\h` matches hexadecimal digits — that is,
+characters in `[0-9a-fA-F]`.
+
+`\H` matches the opposite of whatever `\h` matches.
+
+
+### 20. ONIG_SYN_OP2_INEFFECTIVE_ESCAPE (disable `\`)
+
+_Set in: As-is_
+
+If set, this disables all escape codes, shorthands, and metacharacters that start
+with `\` (or whatever the configured escape character is), allowing `\` to be treated
+as a literal `\`.
+
+You usually do not want this flag to be enabled.
+
+
+### 21. ONIG_SYN_OP2_QMARK_LPAREN_IF_ELSE (enable `(?(...)then|else)`)
+
+_Set in: Perl, Perl_NG, Ruby, Oniguruma_
+
+Enables support for conditional inclusion of subsequent regex patterns based on whether
+a prior named or numbered capture matched, or based on whether a pattern will
+match. This supports many different forms, including:
+
+ - `(?(<foo>)then|else)` - condition based on a capture by name.
+ - `(?('foo')then|else)` - condition based on a capture by name.
+ - `(?(3)then|else)` - condition based on a capture by number.
+ - `(?(+3)then|else)` - forward conditional to a future match, by relative position.
+ - `(?(-3)then|else)` - backward conditional to a prior match, by relative position.
+ - `(?(foo)then|else)` - this matches a pattern `foo`. (foo is any sub-expression)
+
+(New feature as of Oniguruma 6.5.)
+
+
+### 22. ONIG_SYN_OP2_ESC_CAPITAL_K_KEEP (enable `\K`)
+
+_Set in: Perl, Perl_NG, Ruby, Oniguruma_
+
+Enables support for `\K`, which excludes all content before it from the overall
+regex match (i.e., capture #0). So, for example, pattern `foo\Kbar` would match
+`foobar`, but capture #0 would only include `bar`.
+
+(New feature as of Oniguruma 6.5.)
+
+
+### 23. ONIG_SYN_OP2_ESC_CAPITAL_R_GENERAL_NEWLINE (enable `\R`)
+
+_Set in: Perl, Perl_NG, Ruby, Oniguruma_
+
+Enables support for `\R`, the "general newline" shorthand, which matches
+`(\r\n|[\n\v\f\r\u0085\u2028\u2029])` (obviously, the Unicode values are cannot be
+matched in ASCII encodings).
+
+(New feature as of Oniguruma 6.5.)
+
+
+### 24. ONIG_SYN_OP2_ESC_CAPITAL_N_O_SUPER_DOT (enable `\N` and `\O`)
+
+_Set in: Perl, Perl_NG, Oniguruma_
+
+Enables support for `\N` and `\O`. `\N` is "not a line break," which is much
+like the standard `.` metacharacter, except that while `.` can be affected by
+the single-line setting, `\N` always matches exactly one character that is not
+one of the various line-break characters (like `\n` and `\r`).
+
+`\O` matches exactly one character, regardless of whether single-line or
+multi-line mode are enabled or disabled.
+
+(New feature as of Oniguruma 6.5.)
+
+
+### 25. ONIG_SYN_OP2_QMARK_TILDE_ABSENT_GROUP (enable `(?~...)`)
+
+_Set in: Ruby, Oniguruma_
+
+Enables support for the `(?~r)` "absent operator" syntax, which matches
+as much as possible as long as the result _doesn't_ match pattern `r`. This is
+_not_ the same as negative lookahead or negative lookbehind.
+
+Among the most useful examples of this is `\/\*(?~\*\/)\*\/`, which matches
+C-style comments by simply saying "starts with /*, ends with */, and _doesn't_
+contain a */ in between."
+
+A full explanation of this feature is complicated, but it is useful, and an
+excellent article about it is [available on Medium](https://medium.com/rubyinside/the-new-absent-operator-in-ruby-s-regular-expressions-7c3ef6cd0b99).
+
+(New feature as of Oniguruma 6.5.)
+
+
+### 26. ONIG_SYN_OP2_ESC_X_Y_TEXT_SEGMENT (enable `\X` and `\Y` and `\y`)
+
+_Set in: Perl, Perl_NG, Ruby, Oniguruma_
+
+`\X` is another variation on `.`, designed to support Unicode, in that it matches
+a full _grapheme cluster_. In Unicode, `à` can be encoded as one code point,
+`U+00E0`, or as two, `U+0061 U+0300`. If those are further escaped using UTF-8,
+the former becomes two bytes, and the latter becomes three. Unfortunately, `.`
+would naively match only one or two bytes, depending on the encoding, and would
+likely incorrectly match anything from just `a` to a broken half of a code point.
+`\X` is designed to fix this: It matches the full `à`, no matter how `à` is
+encoded or decomposed.
+
+`\y` matches a cluster boundary, i.e., a zero-width position between
+graphemes, somewhat like `\b` matches boundaries between words. `\Y` matches
+the _opposite_ of `\y`, that is, a zero-width position between code points in
+the _middle_ of a grapheme.
+
+(New feature as of Oniguruma 6.6.)
+
+
+### 27. ONIG_SYN_OP2_QMARK_PERL_SUBEXP_CALL (enable `(?R)` and `(?&name)`)
+
+_Set in: Perl_NG_
+
+Enables support for substituted backreferences by both name and position using
+Perl-5-specific syntax. This supports using `(?R3)` and `(?&name)` to reference
+previous (and future) matches, similar to the more-common `\g<3>` and `\g<name>`
+backreferences.
+
+(New feature as of Oniguruma 6.7.)
+
+
+### 28. ONIG_SYN_OP2_QMARK_BRACE_CALLOUT_CONTENTS (enable `(?{...})`)
+
+_Set in: Perl, Perl_NG, Oniguruma_
+
+Enables support for Perl-style "callouts" — pattern substitutions that result from
+invoking a callback method. When `(?{foo})` is reached in a pattern, the callback
+function set in `onig_set_progress_callout()` will be invoked, and be able to perform
+custom computation during the pattern match (and during backtracking).
+
+Full documentation for this advanced feature can be found in the Oniguruma
+`docs/CALLOUT.md` file, with an example in `samples/callout.c`.
+
+(New feature as of Oniguruma 6.8.)
+
+
+### 29. ONIG_SYN_OP2_ASTERISK_CALLOUT_NAME (enable `(*name)`)
+
+_Set in: Perl, Perl_NG, Oniguruma_
+
+Enables support for Perl-style "callouts" — pattern substitutions that result from
+invoking a callback method. When `(*foo)` is reached in a pattern, the callback
+function set in `onig_set_callout_of_name()` will be invoked, passing the given name
+`foo` to it, and it can perform custom computation during the pattern match (and
+during backtracking).
+
+Full documentation for this advanced feature can be found in the Oniguruma
+`docs/CALLOUT.md` file, with an example in `samples/callout.c`.
+
+(New feature as of Oniguruma 6.8.)
+
+
+### 30. ONIG_SYN_OP2_OPTION_ONIGURUMA (enable options `(?imxWSDPy)` and `(?-imxWDSP)`)
+
+_Set in: Oniguruma_
+
+Enables support of regex options. (i,m,x,W,S,D,P,y)
+
+(New feature as of Oniguruma 6.9.2)
+
+ - `i` - Case-insensitivity
+ - `m` - Multi-line mode (`.` can match `\n`)
+ - `x` - Extended pattern (free-formatting: whitespace will ignored)
+ - `W` - ASCII only word.
+ - `D` - ASCII only digit.
+ - `S` - ASCII only space.
+ - `P` - ASCII only POSIX properties. (includes W,D,S)
+
+----------
+
+
+## Syntax Flags (syn)
+
+
+This group contains rules to handle corner cases and constructs that are errors in
+some syntaxes but not in others.
+
+### 0. ONIG_SYN_CONTEXT_INDEP_REPEAT_OPS (independent `?`, `*`, `+`, `{n,m}`)
+
+_Set in: PosixExtended, GnuRegex, Java, Perl, Perl_NG, Ruby, Oniguruma_
+
+This flag specifies how to handle operators like `?` and `*` when they aren't
+directly attached to an operand, as in `^*` or `(*)`: Are they an error, are
+they discarded, or are they taken as literals? If this flag is clear, they
+are taken as literals; otherwise, the ONIG_SYN_CONTEXT_INVALID_REPEAT_OPS flag
+determines if they are errors or if they are discarded.
+
+### 1. ONIG_SYN_CONTEXT_INVALID_REPEAT_OPS (error or ignore independent operators)
+
+_Set in: PosixExtended, GnuRegex, Java, Perl, Perl_NG, Ruby, Oniguruma_
+
+If ONIG_SYN_CONTEXT_INDEP_REPEAT_OPS is set, this flag controls what happens when
+independent operators appear in a pattern: If this flag is set, then independent
+operators produce an error message; if this flag is clear, then independent
+operators are silently discarded.
+
+### 2. ONIG_SYN_ALLOW_UNMATCHED_CLOSE_SUBEXP (allow `...)...`)
+
+_Set in: PosixExtended_
+
+This flag, if set, causes a `)` character without a preceding `(` to be treated as
+a literal `)`, equivalent to `\)`. If this flag is clear, then an unmatched `)`
+character will produce an error message.
+
+### 3. ONIG_SYN_ALLOW_INVALID_INTERVAL (allow `{???`)
+
+_Set in: GnuRegex, Java, Perl, Perl_NG, Ruby, Oniguruma_
+
+This flag, if set, causes an invalid range, like `foo{bar}` or `foo{}`, to be
+silently discarded, as if `foo` had been written instead. If clear, an invalid
+range will produce an error message.
+
+### 4. ONIG_SYN_ALLOW_INTERVAL_LOW_ABBREV (allow `{,n}` to mean `{0,n}`)
+
+_Set in: Ruby, Oniguruma_
+
+If this flag is set, then `r{,n}` will be treated as equivalent to writing
+`{0,n}`. If this flag is clear, then `r{,n}` will produce an error message.
+
+Note that regardless of whether this flag is set or clear, if
+ONIG_SYN_OP_BRACE_INTERVAL is enabled, then `r{n,}` will always be legal: This
+flag *only* controls the behavior of the opposite form, `r{,n}`.
+
+### 5. ONIG_SYN_STRICT_CHECK_BACKREF (error on invalid backrefs)
+
+_Set in: none_
+
+If this flag is set, an invalid backref, like `\1` in a pattern with no captures,
+will produce an error. If this flag is clear, then an invalid backref will be
+equivalent to the empty string.
+
+No built-in syntax has this flag enabled.
+
+### 6. ONIG_SYN_DIFFERENT_LEN_ALT_LOOK_BEHIND (allow `(?<=a|bc)`)
+
+_Set in: Java, Ruby, Oniguruma_
+
+If this flag is set, lookbehind patterns with alternate options may have differing
+lengths among those options. If this flag is clear, lookbehind patterns with options
+must have each option have identical length to the other options.
+
+Oniguruma can handle either form, but not all regex engines can, so for compatibility,
+Oniguruma allows you to cause regexes for other regex engines to fail if they might
+depend on this rule.
+
+### 7. ONIG_SYN_CAPTURE_ONLY_NAMED_GROUP (prefer `\k<name>` over `\3`)
+
+_Set in: Perl_NG, Ruby, Oniguruma_
+
+If this flag is set on the syntax *and* ONIG_OPTION_CAPTURE_GROUP is set when calling
+Oniguruma, then if a name is used on any capture, all captures must also use names: A
+single use of a named capture prohibits the use of numbered captures.
+
+### 8. ONIG_SYN_ALLOW_MULTIPLEX_DEFINITION_NAME (allow `(?<x>)...(?<x>)`)
+
+_Set in: Perl_NG, Ruby, Oniguruma_
+
+If this flag is set, multiple capture groups may use the same name. If this flag is
+clear, then reuse of a name will produce an error message.
+
+### 9. ONIG_SYN_FIXED_INTERVAL_IS_GREEDY_ONLY (`a{n}?` is equivalent to `(?:a{n})?`)
+
+_Set in: Ruby, Oniguruma_
+
+If this flag is set, then intervals of a fixed size will ignore a lazy (non-greedy)
+`?` quantifier and treat it as an optional match (an ordinary `r?`), since "match as
+little as possible" is meaningless for a fixed-size interval. If this flag is clear,
+then `r{n}?` will mean the same as `r{n}`, and the useless `?` will be discarded.
+
+### 20. ONIG_SYN_NOT_NEWLINE_IN_NEGATIVE_CC (add `\n` to `[^...]`)
+
+_Set in: Grep_
+
+If this flag is set, all newline characters (like `\n`) will be excluded from a negative
+character class automatically, as if the pattern had been written as `[^...\n]`. If this
+flag is clear, negative character classes do not automatically exclude newlines, and
+only exclude those characters and ranges written in them.
+
+### 21. ONIG_SYN_BACKSLASH_ESCAPE_IN_CC (allow `[...\w...]`)
+
+_Set in: GnuRegex, Java, Perl, Perl_NG, Ruby, Oniguruma_
+
+If this flag is set, shorthands like `\w` are allowed to describe characters in character
+classes. If this flag is clear, shorthands like `\w` are treated as a redundantly-escaped
+literal `w`.
+
+### 22. ONIG_SYN_ALLOW_EMPTY_RANGE_IN_CC (silently discard `[z-a]`)
+
+_Set in: Emacs, Grep_
+
+If this flag is set, then character ranges like `[z-a]` that are broken or contain no
+characters will be silently ignored. If this flag is clear, then broken or empty
+character ranges will produce an error message.
+
+### 23. ONIG_SYN_ALLOW_DOUBLE_RANGE_OP_IN_CC (treat `[0-9-a]` as `[0-9\-a]`)
+
+_Set in: PosixExtended, GnuRegex, Java, Perl, Perl_NG, Ruby, Oniguruma_
+
+If this flag is set, then a trailing `-` after a character range will be taken as a
+literal `-`, as if it had been escaped as `\-`. If this flag is clear, then a trailing
+`-` after a character range will produce an error message.
+
+### 24. ONIG_SYN_WARN_CC_OP_NOT_ESCAPED (warn on `[[...]` and `[-x]`)
+
+_Set in: Ruby, Oniguruma_
+
+If this flag is set, Oniguruma will be stricter about warning for bad forms in
+character classes: `[[...]` will produce a warning, but `[\[...]` will not;
+`[-x]` will produce a warning, but `[\-x]` will not; `[x&&-y]` will produce a warning,
+while `[x&&\-y]` will not; and so on. If this flag is clear, all of these warnings
+will be silently discarded.
+
+### 25. ONIG_SYN_WARN_REDUNDANT_NESTED_REPEAT (warn on `(?:a*)+`)
+
+_Set in: Ruby, Oniguruma_
+
+If this flag is set, Oniguruma will warn about nested repeat operators those have no meaning, like `(?:a*)+`.
+If this flag is clear, Oniguruma will allow the nested repeat operators without warning about them.
+
+### 31. ONIG_SYN_CONTEXT_INDEP_ANCHORS
+
+_Set in: PosixExtended, GnuRegex, Java, Perl, Perl_NG, Ruby, Oniguruma_
+
+Not currently used, and does nothing. (But still set in several syntaxes for some
+reason.)
+
+----------
+
+## Usage tables
+
+These tables show which of the built-in syntaxes use which flags and options, for easy comparison between them.
+
+### Group One Flags (op)
+
+| ID | Option | PosB | PosEx | Emacs | Grep | Gnu | Java | Perl | PeNG | Ruby | Onig |
+| ----- | --------------------------------------------- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- |
+| 0 | `ONIG_SYN_OP_VARIABLE_META_CHARACTERS` | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
+| 1 | `ONIG_SYN_OP_DOT_ANYCHAR` | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
+| 2 | `ONIG_SYN_OP_ASTERISK_ZERO_INF` | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
+| 3 | `ONIG_SYN_OP_ESC_ASTERISK_ZERO_INF` | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
+| 4 | `ONIG_SYN_OP_PLUS_ONE_INF` | - | Yes | Yes | - | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
+| 5 | `ONIG_SYN_OP_ESC_PLUS_ONE_INF` | - | - | - | Yes | - | - | - | - | - | - |
+| 6 | `ONIG_SYN_OP_QMARK_ZERO_ONE` | - | Yes | Yes | - | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
+| 7 | `ONIG_SYN_OP_ESC_QMARK_ZERO_ONE` | - | - | - | Yes | - | - | - | - | - | - |
+| 8 | `ONIG_SYN_OP_BRACE_INTERVAL` | - | Yes | - | - | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
+| 9 | `ONIG_SYN_OP_ESC_BRACE_INTERVAL` | Yes | - | Yes | Yes | - | - | - | - | - | - |
+| 10 | `ONIG_SYN_OP_VBAR_ALT` | - | Yes | - | - | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
+| 11 | `ONIG_SYN_OP_ESC_VBAR_ALT` | - | - | Yes | Yes | - | - | - | - | - | - |
+| 12 | `ONIG_SYN_OP_LPAREN_SUBEXP` | - | Yes | - | - | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
+| 13 | `ONIG_SYN_OP_ESC_LPAREN_SUBEXP` | Yes | - | Yes | Yes | - | - | - | - | - | - |
+| 14 | `ONIG_SYN_OP_ESC_AZ_BUF_ANCHOR` | - | - | - | - | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
+| 15 | `ONIG_SYN_OP_ESC_CAPITAL_G_BEGIN_ANCHOR` | - | - | - | - | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
+| 16 | `ONIG_SYN_OP_DECIMAL_BACKREF` | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
+| 17 | `ONIG_SYN_OP_BRACKET_CC` | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
+| 18 | `ONIG_SYN_OP_ESC_W_WORD` | - | - | - | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
+| 19 | `ONIG_SYN_OP_ESC_LTGT_WORD_BEGIN_END` | - | - | - | Yes | Yes | - | - | - | - | - |
+| 20 | `ONIG_SYN_OP_ESC_B_WORD_BOUND` | - | - | - | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
+| 21 | `ONIG_SYN_OP_ESC_S_WHITE_SPACE` | - | - | - | - | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
+| 22 | `ONIG_SYN_OP_ESC_D_DIGIT` | - | - | - | - | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
+| 23 | `ONIG_SYN_OP_LINE_ANCHOR` | - | - | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
+| 24 | `ONIG_SYN_OP_POSIX_BRACKET` | Yes | Yes | Yes | - | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
+| 25 | `ONIG_SYN_OP_QMARK_NON_GREEDY` | - | - | - | - | - | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
+| 26 | `ONIG_SYN_OP_ESC_CONTROL_CHARS` | Yes | Yes | - | - | - | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
+| 27 | `ONIG_SYN_OP_ESC_C_CONTROL` | - | - | - | - | - | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
+| 28 | `ONIG_SYN_OP_ESC_OCTAL3` | - | - | - | - | - | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
+| 29 | `ONIG_SYN_OP_ESC_X_HEX2` | - | - | - | - | - | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
+| 30 | `ONIG_SYN_OP_ESC_X_BRACE_HEX8` | - | - | - | - | - | - | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
+| 31 | `ONIG_SYN_OP_ESC_O_BRACE_OCTAL` | - | - | - | - | - | - | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
+
+### Group Two Flags (op2)
+
+| ID | Option | PosB | PosEx | Emacs | Grep | Gnu | Java | Perl | PeNG | Ruby | Onig |
+| ----- | --------------------------------------------- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- |
+| 0 | `ONIG_SYN_OP2_ESC_CAPITAL_Q_QUOTE` | - | - | - | - | - | Yes | Yes | Yes | - | - |
+| 1 | `ONIG_SYN_OP2_QMARK_GROUP_EFFECT` | - | - | - | - | - | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
+| 2 | `ONIG_SYN_OP2_OPTION_PERL` | - | - | - | - | - | Yes | Yes | Yes | - | - |
+| 3 | `ONIG_SYN_OP2_OPTION_RUBY` | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Yes | - |
+| 4 | `ONIG_SYN_OP2_PLUS_POSSESSIVE_REPEAT` | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Yes | Yes |
+| 5 | `ONIG_SYN_OP2_PLUS_POSSESSIVE_INTERVAL` | - | - | - | - | - | Yes | - | - | - | - |
+| 6 | `ONIG_SYN_OP2_CCLASS_SET_OP` | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Yes | Yes | Yes |
+| 7 | `ONIG_SYN_OP2_QMARK_LT_NAMED_GROUP` | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Yes | Yes | Yes |
+| 8 | `ONIG_SYN_OP2_ESC_K_NAMED_BACKREF` | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Yes | Yes | Yes |
+| 9 | `ONIG_SYN_OP2_ESC_G_SUBEXP_CALL` | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Yes | Yes | Yes |
+| 10 | `ONIG_SYN_OP2_ATMARK_CAPTURE_HISTORY` | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
+| 11 | `ONIG_SYN_OP2_ESC_CAPITAL_C_BAR_CONTROL` | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Yes | Yes |
+| 12 | `ONIG_SYN_OP2_ESC_CAPITAL_M_BAR_META` | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Yes | Yes |
+| 13 | `ONIG_SYN_OP2_ESC_V_VTAB` | - | - | - | - | - | Yes | - | - | Yes | Yes |
+| 14 | `ONIG_SYN_OP2_ESC_U_HEX4` | - | - | - | - | - | Yes | - | - | Yes | Yes |
+| 15 | `ONIG_SYN_OP2_ESC_GNU_BUF_ANCHOR` | - | - | Yes | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
+| 16 | `ONIG_SYN_OP2_ESC_P_BRACE_CHAR_PROPERTY` | - | - | - | - | - | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
+| 17 | `ONIG_SYN_OP2_ESC_P_BRACE_CIRCUMFLEX_NOT` | - | - | - | - | - | - | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
+| 18 | `ONIG_SYN_OP2_CHAR_PROPERTY_PREFIX_IS` | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
+| 19 | `ONIG_SYN_OP2_ESC_H_XDIGIT` | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Yes | Yes |
+| 20 | `ONIG_SYN_OP2_INEFFECTIVE_ESCAPE` | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
+| 21 | `ONIG_SYN_OP2_QMARK_LPAREN_IF_ELSE` | - | - | - | - | - | - | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
+| 22 | `ONIG_SYN_OP2_ESC_CAPITAL_K_KEEP` | - | - | - | - | - | - | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
+| 23 | `ONIG_SYN_OP2_ESC_CAPITAL_R_GENERAL_NEWLINE` | - | - | - | - | - | - | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
+| 24 | `ONIG_SYN_OP2_ESC_CAPITAL_N_O_SUPER_DOT` | - | - | - | - | - | - | Yes | Yes | - | Yes |
+| 25 | `ONIG_SYN_OP2_QMARK_TILDE_ABSENT_GROUP` | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Yes | Yes |
+| 26 | `ONIG_SYN_OP2_ESC_X_Y_TEXT_SEGMENT` | - | - | - | - | - | - | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
+| 27 | `ONIG_SYN_OP2_QMARK_PERL_SUBEXP_CALL` | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Yes | - | - |
+| 28 | `ONIG_SYN_OP2_QMARK_BRACE_CALLOUT_CONTENTS` | - | - | - | - | - | - | Yes | Yes | Yes | - |
+| 29 | `ONIG_SYN_OP2_ASTERISK_CALLOUT_NAME` | - | - | - | - | - | - | Yes | Yes | Yes | - |
+| 30 | `ONIG_SYN_OP2_OPTION_ONIGURUMA` | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Yes |
+
+### Syntax Flags (syn)
+
+| ID | Option | PosB | PosEx | Emacs | Grep | Gnu | Java | Perl | PeNG | Ruby | Onig |
+| ----- | --------------------------------------------- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- |
+| 0 | `ONIG_SYN_CONTEXT_INDEP_REPEAT_OPS` | - | Yes | - | - | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
+| 1 | `ONIG_SYN_CONTEXT_INVALID_REPEAT_OPS` | - | - | - | - | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
+| 2 | `ONIG_SYN_ALLOW_UNMATCHED_CLOSE_SUBEXP` | - | Yes | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
+| 3 | `ONIG_SYN_ALLOW_INVALID_INTERVAL` | - | - | - | - | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
+| 4 | `ONIG_SYN_ALLOW_INTERVAL_LOW_ABBREV` | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Yes | Yes |
+| 5 | `ONIG_SYN_STRICT_CHECK_BACKREF` | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
+| 6 | `ONIG_SYN_DIFFERENT_LEN_ALT_LOOK_BEHIND` | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Yes | Yes | Yes |
+| 7 | `ONIG_SYN_CAPTURE_ONLY_NAMED_GROUP` | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Yes | Yes | Yes |
+| 8 | `ONIG_SYN_ALLOW_MULTIPLEX_DEFINITION_NAME` | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Yes | Yes | Yes |
+| 9 | `ONIG_SYN_FIXED_INTERVAL_IS_GREEDY_ONLY` | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Yes | Yes |
+| 20 | `ONIG_SYN_NOT_NEWLINE_IN_NEGATIVE_CC` | - | - | - | Yes | - | - | - | - | - | - |
+| 21 | `ONIG_SYN_BACKSLASH_ESCAPE_IN_CC` | - | - | - | - | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
+| 22 | `ONIG_SYN_ALLOW_EMPTY_RANGE_IN_CC` | - | - | Yes | Yes | - | - | - | - | - | - |
+| 23 | `ONIG_SYN_ALLOW_DOUBLE_RANGE_OP_IN_CC` | - | Yes | - | - | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
+| 24 | `ONIG_SYN_WARN_CC_OP_NOT_ESCAPED` | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Yes | Yes |
+| 25 | `ONIG_SYN_WARN_REDUNDANT_NESTED_REPEAT` | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Yes | Yes |
+| 31 | `ONIG_SYN_CONTEXT_INDEP_ANCHORS` | - | Yes | - | - | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |