Revision: 4255 http://geany.svn.sourceforge.net/geany/?rev=4255&view=rev Author: ntrel Date: 2009-09-28 15:28:25 +0000 (Mon, 28 Sep 2009)

Log Message: ----------- Update notes about data/filetypes.foo configuration file [styling] section.

Modified Paths: -------------- trunk/HACKING

Modified: trunk/HACKING =================================================================== --- trunk/HACKING 2009-09-28 15:17:16 UTC (rev 4254) +++ trunk/HACKING 2009-09-28 15:28:25 UTC (rev 4255) @@ -302,18 +302,11 @@ For syntax highlighting, you will need to edit highlighting.c and add the following things:

-1. Write styleset_foo_init() to setup default styles and load style +1. Write styleset_foo_init() to setup lexer styles and load style settings from the filetypes.foo configuration file. You should probably start by copying and adapting another filetype's initialization, such as styleset_tcl_init(). Another way is to use load_style_entries() to make style initialization simpler - see styleset_c_like_init(). - -.. note:: - Please try to make your styles fit in with the other filetypes' default - colors, and to use named styles where possible. Filetypes that share a - lexer should have the same colors. Normally, styles should leave the - background color empty to match the default color. - 2. Write styleset_foo() to apply styles when a new scintilla widget is created. Again you could copy and adapt a function like styleset_tcl(). @@ -321,7 +314,16 @@ ``init_styleset_case(GEANY_FILETYPES_FOO, styleset_foo_init);``. 4. In highlighting_set_styles(), add ``styleset_case(GEANY_FILETYPES_FOO, styleset_foo);``. +5. Write data/filetypes.foo configuration file [styling] section. See + the manual and see data/filetypes.d for a named style example.

+.. note:: + Please try to make your styles fit in with the other filetypes' + default colors, and to use named styles where possible (e.g. + "commentline=comment"). Filetypes that share a lexer should have + the same colors. If not using named styles, leave the background color + empty to match the default color. + Error message parsing ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ New-style error message parsing is done with an extended GNU-style regex

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