fix modeline parsing (PR#477 fixed)

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/pygments/modeline.py b/pygments/modeline.py
index 54df90c4..2200f1cf 100644
--- a/pygments/modeline.py
+++ b/pygments/modeline.py
@@ -13,16 +13,19 @@ import re
 
 __all__ = ['get_filetype_from_buffer']
 
+
 modeline_re = re.compile(r'''
     (?: vi | vim | ex ) (?: [<=>]? \d* )? :
     .* (?: ft | filetype | syn | syntax ) = ( [^:\s]+ )
 ''', re.VERBOSE)
 
+
 def get_filetype_from_line(l):
     m = modeline_re.search(l)
     if m:
         return m.group(1)
 
+
 def get_filetype_from_buffer(buf, max_lines=5):
     """
     Scan the buffer for modelines and return filetype if one is found.
@@ -32,7 +35,7 @@ def get_filetype_from_buffer(buf, max_lines=5):
         ret = get_filetype_from_line(l)
         if ret:
             return ret
-    for l in lines[max_lines:0:-1]:
+    for l in lines[max_lines:-1:-1]:
         ret = get_filetype_from_line(l)
         if ret:
             return ret