Fixed regex for keyword.operator to include <. Adjusted regex for meta.tag due to issue where any < sign is treated as a meta.tag, including conditionals within Velocity.

lib/ace/mode/velocity_highlight_rules.js

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ var VelocityHighlightRules = function() {
                 next : "style"
             }, {
                 token : "meta.tag", // opening tag
-                regex : "<\\/?",
+                regex : "<\\/?(?:[a-z])",
                 next : "tag"
             }, {
                 token : "comment",
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ var VelocityHighlightRules = function() {
                 regex : "[a-zA-Z_$][a-zA-Z0-9_$]*\\b"
             }, {
                 token : "keyword.operator",
-                regex : "!|&|\\*|\\-|\\+|=|!=|<=|>=<|>|&&|\\|\\|"
+                regex : "!|&|\\*|\\-|\\+|=|!=|<=|>=|<|>|&&|\\|\\|"
             }, {
                 token : "lparen",
                 regex : "[[({]"