[Geany-Devel] pull request on GitHub, to add GeanyHighlightSelectedWords, into Geany Plugins

[marius buzea]

Hello,

I have read the source code of automark [ https://github.com/geany/geany-plugins/blob/master/automark/src/automark.c ].
Functionally, automark and GeanyHighlightSelectedWord are alike, I think.    There are differences between automark
and HighlighSelectedWord.


Automark is concise: it uses the SCI_FINDTEXT messages to scintilla for finding occurrences of selected text.
Automark uses a timeout callback for matching text.

GeanyHighlightSelectedText is more 'low-level':  it does not use scintilla's SCI_FINDTEXT functionality, instead it
uses the KMP algorithm to find all occurrences of selected text in visible text.      GeanyHighlightSelectedText does
not use timeout callback for matching text.

While the functionality may be the same, there were different decisions in the design of these two plugins.     Let's
have both automark and GeanyHighlightSelectedText included in Geany Plugins.

If it is okay, I would continue with build system integration, and internationalization for GeanyHighlightSelectedWord.
This would be something I would code, and test locally, and when done I would return to ask for support on how to
do the git pull request step.

Have a great day,
Marius Ioan Buzea


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On Thu, 5/28/15, Colomban Wendling <lists.ban at herbesfolles.org> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [Geany-Devel] pull request on GitHub, to add GeanyHighlightSelectedWords, into Geany Plugins
 To: "marius buzea" <magnetudinbuda at yahoo.com>, "Geany development list" <devel at lists.geany.org>
 Date: Thursday, May 28, 2015, 12:21 AM
 
 Hi!
 
 Le 27/05/2015 14:25, marius buzea a écrit :
 > Hello,
 > 
 > I would like to add
 GeanyHighlightSelectedWords, to Geany Plugins.
 > Would it be okay that I do a git
 pull-request for doing this?  […]
 
 Sure.  I see some other people suggested
 already included plugins might
 achieve
 something similar, so I'll let you check whether you can
 combine
 your efforts or not, but we
 generally are happy including any plugin :)
 
 (well, given it's of decent quality, but we can even
 help with that if
 we think something might
 be problematic)
 
 > I
 know there would be some things I would need to do before,
 like
 > replace the Makefile with
 Makefile.am, the autotools, automake way,
 > and write a README file using restructured
 text content so that that
 > README file
 can be converted to html.      Maybe there is more
 that
 > should be done.
 
 It's pretty much it. Build
 system integration, and internationalization
 integration.  But we can help with both, you
 can read HACKING, and
 internationalization
 is quite easy.
 
 Regards,
 Colomban