syn region factorChar start=/\v<CHAR:>/ end=/\v\S+>/
syn region factorColor start=/\v<COLOR:>/ end=/\v\S+>/
-syn match factorEscape /\v\\([\\astnrbvf0e\"]|u\x{6}|u\{\S+}|x\x{2})/ contained display
+syn match factorEscape /\v\\([\\astnrbvfe\"]|u\x{6}|u\{\S+}|x\x{2}|\o{1,3})/ contained display
syn region factorString matchgroup=factorStringDelims start=/\v<"/ skip=/\v\\"/ end=/\v"/ contains=factorEscape
syn region factorString matchgroup=factorStringDelims start=/\v<"""/ skip=/\v\\"/ end=/\v"""/ contains=factorEscape
syn region factorString matchgroup=factorStringDelims start=/\v<[^[:blank:]"]+"/ skip=/\v\\"/ end=/\v"/ contains=factorEscape