Revision: 2020 http://geany.svn.sourceforge.net/geany/?rev=2020&view=rev Author: ntrel Date: 2007-11-05 08:15:58 -0800 (Mon, 05 Nov 2007)

Log Message: ----------- Update 'Adding a filetype' section for new highlighting.c code.

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

Modified: trunk/HACKING =================================================================== --- trunk/HACKING 2007-11-05 15:09:13 UTC (rev 2019) +++ trunk/HACKING 2007-11-05 16:15:58 UTC (rev 2020) @@ -108,11 +108,6 @@

Add GEANY_FILETYPES_FOO to filetypes.h. Initialize GEANY_FILETYPES_FOO in filetypes_init_types() of filetypes.c. -The filetype::style_func_ptr is a callback for setting up styling -information. The callback, styleset_foo(), should be added in -highlighting.c. The first time it is called, the configuration should -be loaded in styleset_foo_init(). For more details, see styleset_c(). If -there isn't a Scintilla lexer, use styleset_none(). Rebuild Geany. From your geany/ directory, run: src/geany --generate-data-files @@ -124,7 +119,7 @@ --generate-data-files argument to work - this is always defined in the SVN version. Alternatively, edit the file by hand.

-Most languages will also need a data/filetypes.foo configuration file. See +Most languages will need a data/filetypes.foo configuration file. See data/filetypes.c for an example. For languages with a Scintilla lexer, there should be a [styling] section, to correspond to the styles used in styleset_foo(). @@ -134,16 +129,28 @@ [settings] mostly for comment settings. [build_settings] for commands to run.

+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 +settings from the filetypes.foo configuration file. For details, see +styleset_c_init(). +2. Write styleset_foo() to apply styles when a new scintilla widget +is created. For details, see styleset_c(). +3. Add this in highlighting_init_styles(): +init_styleset_case(GEANY_FILETYPES_FOO, foo); +4. Add this in highlighting_set_styles(): +styleset_case(GEANY_FILETYPES_FOO, foo); + Error message parsing is done in msgwin_parse_compiler_error_line() of msgwindow.c. See the ParseData typedef for more information. (In future this may be done with a regex).

-For brace indentation, see lexer_has_braces() in editor.c; other -indentation is done from on_new_line_added(). +For brace indentation, update lexer_has_braces() in editor.c; +indentation after ':' is done from on_new_line_added().

If the lexer has comment styles, you should add them in is_comment() in editor.c. For now, this prevents calltips and autocompletion when -typing in a comment. +typing in a comment (but it can still be forced by the user).

If the Scintilla lexer supports user type keywords (e.g. SCLEX_CPP), see editor_lexer_get_type_keyword_idx() in editor.c.

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