[Geany-Users] dollar symbol colour

[Lex Trotman]

On Thu, 9 Sept 2021 at 23:57, Ray Andrews <rayandrews at eastlink.ca> wrote:
>
> On 2021-09-09 4:28 a.m., Chris wrote:
> > Is there a way to change the PHP $ variable symbol to a different
> > colour. My eyesight isn't the best and also I'm dyslexic, so I tend to
> > struggle a bit with the likes of $STOP,  $TOP, $$STEP Etc. I prefer to
> > use a lot of capitalized variable names as they are clearer to read. I
> > have set up my personal Geany colour scheme, but I just can't find
> > where to change the $ colour. Any help will be great :)

The lexing of code into syntactic elements (the things you gave a
style to in the colour scheme) is done by the Scintilla lexers.  The
PHP lexer makes the $ and the STOP the same element type, so you can't
distinguish the $ from the STOP in a Geany colour scheme.  I guess the
PHP lexer writer considered the $ part of the variable, fairly
reasonable considering the W3Schools (as an example) say "In PHP, a
variable starts with the $ sign"

You could try asking on the Scintilla project, or if you know C++ you
could patch the PHP lexer for yourself.

> >
> > Many thanks,
> >
> > Chris.
> I created my own font with things like a much bigger $ sign, 1lI!
> clearly distinguishable, and a few other changes like a bigger comma.

Did you make your font available anywhere to help others?


Cheers
Lex

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