diff -r 661dd5f26bfd -r 48ebc3dd34a5 src/highlighter.c
--- a/src/highlighter.c	Thu May 08 18:22:11 2025 +0200
+++ b/src/highlighter.c	Wed Oct 29 22:52:20 2025 +0100
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 
 static int check_keyword(cxstring word, const char** keywords) {
     for (int i = 0 ; keywords[i] ; i++) {
-        if (cx_strcmp(word, cx_str(keywords[i])) == 0) {
+        if (cx_strcmp(word, keywords[i]) == 0) {
             return 1;
         }
     }
@@ -371,13 +371,12 @@
                     if (wbuf->size > 0) {
                         cxstring word = cx_strn(wbuf->space, wbuf->size);
                         int closespan = 1;
-                        cxstring typesuffix = CX_STR("_t");
                         if (check_keyword(word, ckeywords)) {
                             start_span("keyword");
-                        } else if (cx_strsuffix(word, typesuffix)) {
+                        } else if (cx_strsuffix(word, "_t")) {
                             start_span("type");
                         } else if (word.ptr[0] == '#') {
-                            isinclude = !cx_strcmp(word, CX_STR("#include"));
+                            isinclude = !cx_strcmp(word, "#include");
                             start_span("directive");
                         } else if (check_capsonly(word)) {
                             start_span("macroconst");