--- lua.xml.orig	2020-07-29 11:31:42.000000000 -0700
+++ lua.xml	2020-07-29 11:31:57.000000000 -0700
@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@
       <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 -->
       <itemData name="Attribute"       defStyleNum="dsAttribute" spellChecking="false"/>
     </itemDatas>
   </highlighting>