Expected behavior of `.1sec`? Inconsistent highlighting of float, duration, filesize?

[blindFS]

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Describe the bug

Essentially 2 related issues here:

1. Not sure if it's a bug, but if .1 is a float, I'd expect .1sec to be parsed as duration
2. The following highlighting might be caused by incorrect customization, but we better provide a mechanism to prevent it

Basically I mean 1. in 1.sec should be highlighted as float, otherwise why not highlighting all number shapes in the same way?

How to reproduce

Type commands mentioned above in the REPL.

Expected behavior

More consistent behavior

Configuration

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version	0.111.0
major	0
minor	111
patch	0
branch
commit_hash
build_os	macos-aarch64
build_target	aarch64-apple-darwin
rust_version	rustc 1.93.1 (01f6ddf75 2026-02-11) (Homebrew)
cargo_version	cargo 1.93.1 (Homebrew)
build_time	2026-02-28 23:22:43 +00:00
build_rust_channel	release
allocator	standard
features	default, mcp, network, plugin, rustls-tls, sqlite, trash-support
installed_plugins
experimental_options	example=false, reorder-cell-paths=true, pipefail=true, enforce-runtime-annotations=false, native-clip=false

[fdncred]

Seems logical to highlight 1. and .1 would be floats and highlighted as floats when written as a duration since

❯ 1. | describe
float
❯ .1 | describe
float

[blindFS]

Seems logical to highlight 1. and .1 would be floats and highlighted as floats when written as a duration since

❯ 1. | describe
float
❯ .1 | describe
float

Sorry, I missed your point. Are you saying that the highlighting in the screenshots are expected?

[blindFS]

More context in case it's not clear what's going on in the screenshots

I have somehow setup different colors for float and int. I'd expect the color of 1. in the 2nd line to be the same as the first line.

[fdncred]

Sorry, I missed your point. Are you saying that the highlighting in the screenshots are expected?

No, I'm agreeing with you that 1. and .1 should be highlighted as floats when typing normally in the repl or when typing it as part of a duration.

My only question, that i didn't mention before, is whether 1.sec could be confused or used as a cell-path because $.1.sec is a valid cell-path.

[blindFS]

Sorry, I missed your point. Are you saying that the highlighting in the screenshots are expected?

No, I'm agreeing with you that 1. and .1 should be highlighted as floats when typing normally in the repl or when typing it as part of a duration.

Oh, I see. My hunch is that it should be a simple fix.

My only question, that i didn't mention before, is whether 1.sec could be confused or used as a cell-path because $.1.sec is a valid cell-path.

Seems not a problem, even tree-sitter-nu can tell them apart, guess we don't need to change anything for that matter?