diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 82240b9..66a5b8d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ VHDL formatter web online written in javascript
 
 - bugfix "remove non-comment code by mistake"
 - add `tests` folder, improve the project management
+- support extended identifier (backslash names)
+- fix exponential notation
 
 ### 2.2 [2018-10-16]
 
diff --git a/VHDLFormatter.js b/VHDLFormatter.js
index 434e02d..60b3cec 100644
--- a/VHDLFormatter.js
+++ b/VHDLFormatter.js
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 "use strict";
 Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", { value: true });
 let isTesting = false;
-const ILCommentPrefix = "@@comments";
-const ILQuotesPrefix = "@@quotes";
-const ILSingleQuotesPrefix = "@@singlequotes";
+const ILEscape = "@@";
+const ILCommentPrefix = ILEscape + "comments";
+const ILQuotesPrefix = ILEscape + "quotes";
+const ILSingleQuotesPrefix = ILEscape + "singlequotes";
+const ILBackslashesPrefix = ILEscape + "backslash";
 var FormatMode;
 (function (FormatMode) {
     FormatMode[FormatMode["Default"] = 0] = "Default";
@@ -150,17 +152,19 @@ function MixLetters(input) {
     }
     return arr.join("");
 }
-function EscapeComments(arr, comments, commentIndex) {
+function EscapeComments(arr) {
+    var comments = [];
+    var count = 0;
     for (var i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
-        let line = arr[i];
+        var line = arr[i];
         var commentStartIndex = line.indexOf("--");
         if (commentStartIndex >= 0) {
             comments.push(line.substr(commentStartIndex));
-            arr[i] = line.substr(0, commentStartIndex) + ILCommentPrefix + commentIndex;
-            commentIndex++;
+            arr[i] = line.substr(0, commentStartIndex) + ILCommentPrefix + count;
+            count++;
         }
     }
-    return commentIndex;
+    return comments;
 }
 function ToLowerCases(arr) {
     for (var i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
@@ -243,14 +247,14 @@ function beautify(input, settings) {
     input = input.replace(/\r\n/g, "\n");
     input = input.replace(/\n/g, "\r\n");
     var arr = input.split("\r\n");
-    var comments = [], commentsIndex = 0;
-    commentsIndex = EscapeComments(arr, comments, commentsIndex);
+    var comments = EscapeComments(arr);
+    var backslashes = escapeBackslashes(arr);
     RemoveLeadingWhitespaces(arr);
     input = arr.join("\r\n");
     if (settings.RemoveComments) {
         input = input.replace(/\r\n[ \t]*@@comments[0-9]+[ \t]*\r\n/g, '\r\n');
         input = input.replace(/@@comments[0-9]+/g, '');
-        commentsIndex = 0;
+        comments = [];
     }
     input = RemoveExtraNewLines(input);
     input = input.replace(/[\t ]+/g, ' ');
@@ -274,9 +278,10 @@ function beautify(input, settings) {
     arr = input.split("\r\n");
     ApplyNoNewLineAfter(arr, settings.NewLineSettings.noNewLineAfter);
     input = arr.join("\r\n");
-    //new
     input = input.replace(/([a-zA-Z0-9\); ])\);(@@comments[0-9]+)?@@end/g, '$1\r\n);$2@@end');
     input = input.replace(/[ ]?([&=:\-<>\+|\*])[ ]?/g, ' $1 ');
+    // Fix reals in expoential format broken by previous step
+    input = input.replace(/(\d+e) +([+\-]) +(\d+)/g, '$1$2$3');
     input = input.replace(/[ ]?([,])[ ]?/g, '$1 ');
     input = input.replace(/[ ]?(['"])(THEN)/g, '$1 $2');
     input = input.replace(/[ ]?(\?)?[ ]?(<|:|>|\/)?[ ]+(=)?[ ]?/g, ' $1$2$3 ');
@@ -300,20 +305,35 @@ function beautify(input, settings) {
     arr = FormattedLineToString(result, settings.Indentation);
     input = arr.join("\r\n");
     input = SetKeywordCase(input, settings.KeywordCase, KeyWords, TypeNames);
-    for (var k = 0; k < quotes.length; k++) {
-        input = input.replace(ILQuotesPrefix + k, quotes[k]);
-    }
-    for (var k = 0; k < singleQuotes.length; k++) {
-        input = input.replace(ILSingleQuotesPrefix + k, singleQuotes[k]);
-    }
-    for (var k = 0; k < commentsIndex; k++) {
-        input = input.replace(ILCommentPrefix + k, comments[k]);
-    }
+    input = replaceEscapedWords(input, quotes, ILQuotesPrefix);
+    input = replaceEscapedWords(input, singleQuotes, ILSingleQuotesPrefix);
+    input = replaceEscapedWords(input, comments, ILCommentPrefix);
+    input = replaceEscapedWords(input, backslashes, ILBackslashesPrefix);
     input = input.replace(/@@semicolon/g, ";");
     input = input.replace(/@@[a-z]+/g, "");
     return input;
 }
 exports.beautify = beautify;
+function replaceEscapedWords(input, arr, prefix) {
+    for (var i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
+        input = input.replace(prefix + i, arr[i]);
+    }
+    return input;
+}
+function escapeBackslashes(arr) {
+    var escaped = [];
+    var count = 0;
+    for (var i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
+        var sequence = arr[i].match(/\\[^\\]+\\/g);
+        if (sequence != null) {
+            for (var j = 0; j < sequence.length; j++) {
+                arr[i] = arr[i].replace(sequence[j], ILBackslashesPrefix + count);
+                escaped[count++] = sequence[j];
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    return escaped;
+}
 function RemoveLeadingWhitespaces(arr) {
     for (var i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
         arr[i] = arr[i].replace(/^\s+/, "");
diff --git a/VHDLFormatter.ts b/VHDLFormatter.ts
index a7ab9b5..7ce3ae3 100644
--- a/VHDLFormatter.ts
+++ b/VHDLFormatter.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 let isTesting = false;
-const ILCommentPrefix = "@@comments";
-const ILQuotesPrefix = "@@quotes";
-const ILSingleQuotesPrefix = "@@singlequotes";
+const ILEscape = "@@";
+const ILCommentPrefix = ILEscape + "comments";
+const ILQuotesPrefix = ILEscape + "quotes";
+const ILSingleQuotesPrefix = ILEscape + "singlequotes";
+const ILBackslashesPrefix = ILEscape + "backslash";
 
 enum FormatMode {
     Default,
@@ -183,17 +185,19 @@ function MixLetters(input: string) {
     return arr.join("");
 }
 
-function EscapeComments(arr: Array<string>, comments: Array<string>, commentIndex: number): number {
+function EscapeComments(arr: Array<string>): Array<string> {
+    var comments = [];
+    var count = 0;
     for (var i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
-        let line: string = arr[i];
+        var line: string = arr[i];
         var commentStartIndex = line.indexOf("--");
         if (commentStartIndex >= 0) {
             comments.push(line.substr(commentStartIndex));
-            arr[i] = line.substr(0, commentStartIndex) + ILCommentPrefix + commentIndex;
-            commentIndex++
+            arr[i] = line.substr(0, commentStartIndex) + ILCommentPrefix + count;
+            count++;
         }
     }
-    return commentIndex
+    return comments
 }
 
 function ToLowerCases(arr: Array<string>) {
@@ -295,16 +299,15 @@ export function beautify(input: string, settings: BeautifierSettings) {
     input = input.replace(/\r\n/g, "\n");
     input = input.replace(/\n/g, "\r\n");
     var arr = input.split("\r\n");
-    var comments = [],
-        commentsIndex = 0;
-    commentsIndex = EscapeComments(arr, comments, commentsIndex);
+    var comments = EscapeComments(arr);
+    var backslashes = escapeBackslashes(arr);
     RemoveLeadingWhitespaces(arr);
 
     input = arr.join("\r\n");
     if (settings.RemoveComments) {
         input = input.replace(/\r\n[ \t]*@@comments[0-9]+[ \t]*\r\n/g, '\r\n');
         input = input.replace(/@@comments[0-9]+/g, '');
-        commentsIndex = 0;
+        comments = [];
     }
 
     input = RemoveExtraNewLines(input);
@@ -333,9 +336,9 @@ export function beautify(input: string, settings: BeautifierSettings) {
     ApplyNoNewLineAfter(arr, settings.NewLineSettings.noNewLineAfter);
     input = arr.join("\r\n");
 
-    //new
     input = input.replace(/([a-zA-Z0-9\); ])\);(@@comments[0-9]+)?@@end/g, '$1\r\n);$2@@end');
     input = input.replace(/[ ]?([&=:\-<>\+|\*])[ ]?/g, ' $1 ');
+    input = input.replace(/(\d+e) +([+\-]) +(\d+)/g, '$1$2$3');// Fix exponential notation format broken by previous step
     input = input.replace(/[ ]?([,])[ ]?/g, '$1 ');
     input = input.replace(/[ ]?(['"])(THEN)/g, '$1 $2');
     input = input.replace(/[ ]?(\?)?[ ]?(<|:|>|\/)?[ ]+(=)?[ ]?/g, ' $1$2$3 ');
@@ -361,23 +364,38 @@ export function beautify(input: string, settings: BeautifierSettings) {
     input = arr.join("\r\n");
     input = SetKeywordCase(input, settings.KeywordCase, KeyWords, TypeNames);
 
-    for (var k = 0; k < quotes.length; k++) {
-        input = input.replace(ILQuotesPrefix + k, quotes[k]);
-    }
-
-    for (var k = 0; k < singleQuotes.length; k++) {
-        input = input.replace(ILSingleQuotesPrefix + k, singleQuotes[k]);
-    }
-
-    for (var k = 0; k < commentsIndex; k++) {
-        input = input.replace(ILCommentPrefix + k, comments[k]);
-    }
+    input = replaceEscapedWords(input, quotes, ILQuotesPrefix);
+    input = replaceEscapedWords(input, singleQuotes, ILSingleQuotesPrefix);
+    input = replaceEscapedWords(input, comments, ILCommentPrefix);
+    input = replaceEscapedWords(input, backslashes, ILBackslashesPrefix);
 
     input = input.replace(/@@semicolon/g, ";");
     input = input.replace(/@@[a-z]+/g, "");
     return input;
 }
 
+function replaceEscapedWords(input: string, arr: Array<string>, prefix: string): string {
+    for (var i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
+        input = input.replace(prefix + i, arr[i]);
+    }
+    return input;
+}
+
+function escapeBackslashes(arr: Array<string>) {
+    var escaped = [];
+    var count = 0;
+    for (var i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
+        var sequence = arr[i].match(/\\[^\\]+\\/g);
+        if (sequence != null) {
+            for (var j = 0; j < sequence.length; j++) {
+                arr[i] = arr[i].replace(sequence[j], ILBackslashesPrefix + count);
+                escaped[count++] = sequence[j];
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    return escaped;
+}
+
 function RemoveLeadingWhitespaces(arr: Array<string>) {
     for (var i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
         arr[i] = arr[i].replace(/^\s+/, "");
diff --git a/tests/VHDLFormatterUnitTests.ts b/tests/VHDLFormatterUnitTests.ts
index f3615fc..ea39a55 100644
--- a/tests/VHDLFormatterUnitTests.ts
+++ b/tests/VHDLFormatterUnitTests.ts
@@ -909,6 +909,8 @@ function IntegrationTest() {
     IntegrationTest68();
     IntegrationTest69();
     IntegrationTest70();
+    IntegrationTest71();
+    IntegrationTest72();
 }
 
 function IntegrationTest23() {
@@ -1313,7 +1315,7 @@ function IntegrationTest66() {
     let input = 'component a is\r\n      generic (b\r\n         );\r\n      port (\r\n          c\r\n	 );\r\n    end component;\r\n-- anything1\r\n-- anything2';
     let expected = 'COMPONENT a IS\r\n    GENERIC (\r\n        b\r\n    );\r\n    PORT (\r\n        c\r\n    );\r\nEND COMPONENT;\r\n-- anything1\r\n-- anything2';
     let actual = beautify(input, settings);
-    assertAndCountTest("port map no new line 2", expected, actual);
+    assertAndCountTest("component generic", expected, actual);
 }
 
 function IntegrationTest67() {
@@ -1348,6 +1350,22 @@ function IntegrationTest70() {
     assertAndCountTest("multiline assignment", expected, actual);
 }
 
+function IntegrationTest71() {
+    let settings = GetDefaultSettings();
+    let input = 'VARIABLE \\#$)!?\\ : INTEGER;\r\nVARIABLE \\try this in verilog\\ : BIT;\r\nVARIABLE \\Buffer\\ : BIT;';
+    let expected = 'VARIABLE \\#$)!?\\ : INTEGER;\r\nVARIABLE \\try this in verilog\\ : BIT;\r\nVARIABLE \\Buffer\\ : BIT;';
+    let actual = beautify(input, settings);
+    assertAndCountTest("backslash, extended indentifier", expected, actual);
+}
+
+function IntegrationTest72() {
+    let settings = GetDefaultSettings();
+    let input = 'test := 12e+6';
+    let expected = 'test := 12e+6';
+    let actual = beautify(input, settings);
+    assertAndCountTest("scientific notation", expected, actual);
+}
+
 function GetDefaultSettings() {
     let new_line_after_symbols = new NewLineSettings();
     new_line_after_symbols.newLineAfter = ["then", ";"];