Added space as a valid delimiter between key and value. Added tests for \ escaped spaces in keys and values.

2 files changed, 34 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/pygments/lexers/configs.py b/pygments/lexers/configs.py
index 0633af27..4854e59f 100644
--- a/pygments/lexers/configs.py
+++ b/pygments/lexers/configs.py
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ class PropertiesLexer(RegexLexer):
 
     tokens = {
         'root': [
+            (r'^(\w+)([ \t])(\w+\s*)$', bygroups(Name.Attribute, Text, String)),
             (r'(^ *)([#!].*)', bygroups(Text, Comment)),
             (r'(.*?)([ \t]*)([=:])([ \t]*)(.*(?:(?<=\\)\n.*)*)',
              bygroups(Name.Attribute, Text, Operator, Text, String)),
diff --git a/tests/test_properties.py b/tests/test_properties.py
index 657f8a3f..f86c0348 100644
--- a/tests/test_properties.py
+++ b/tests/test_properties.py
@@ -38,3 +38,36 @@ class PropertiesTest(unittest.TestCase):
             (Token.Text, '\n'),
         ]
         self.assertEqual(tokens, list(self.lexer.get_tokens(fragment)))
+
+    def test_escaped_space_in_key(self):
+        fragment = 'key = value\n'
+        tokens = [
+            (Token.Name.Attribute, 'key'),
+            (Token.Text, ' '),
+            (Token.Operator, '='),
+            (Token.Text, ' '),
+            (Token.Literal.String, 'value'),
+            (Token.Text, '\n'),
+        ]
+        self.assertEqual(tokens, list(self.lexer.get_tokens(fragment)))
+
+    def test_escaped_space_in_value(self):
+        fragment = 'key = doubleword\\ value\n'
+        tokens = [
+            (Token.Name.Attribute, 'key'),
+            (Token.Text, ' '),
+            (Token.Operator, '='),
+            (Token.Text, ' '),
+            (Token.Literal.String, 'doubleword\\ value'),
+            (Token.Text, '\n'),
+        ]
+        self.assertEqual(tokens, list(self.lexer.get_tokens(fragment)))
+
+    def testNeedsName(self):
+        fragment = 'key value\n'
+        tokens = [
+            (Token.Name.Attribute, 'key'),
+            (Token.Text, ' '),
+            (Token.Literal.String, 'value\n'),
+        ]
+        self.assertEqual(tokens, list(self.lexer.get_tokens(fragment)))