--- xml/lua.xml.orig	2018-06-08 09:28:41.000000000 -0700
+++ xml/lua.xml	2018-06-08 09:28:33.000000000 -0700
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@
       <itemData name="Strings"         defStyleNum="dsString"/>
       <itemData name="RawStrings"      defStyleNum="dsVerbatimString"/>
       <itemData name="Symbols"         defStyleNum="dsOperator" spellChecking="false"/>
-      <itemData name="Variable"        defStyleNum="dsKeyword" color="#5555FF" selColor="#ffffff" bold="0" italic="0" spellChecking="false"/>
+      <itemData name="Variable"        defStyleNum="dsNormal" /> <!-- JGM -->
     </itemDatas>
   </highlighting>
   <general>