[Geany] cython language support

Sebastien Barthelemy barthelemy at xxxxx
Tue Jan 20 15:20:48 UTC 2009


Hello,

I would like geany to support the cython [1] programming language. The
Cython language is very close to the Python language, but Cython
additionally supports calling C functions and declaring C types on
variables and class attributes. It is really useful when wrapping C
libraries into python. Cython is built upon Pyrex, they both uses the
same filename extension and a compatible to a certain extent.

I had a look at [2] but I'm still not sure of what should be done.
Here is my first attempt:

- I added GEANY_FILETYPES_CYTHON to filetypes.{c,h}. I choosed
ft->lang = 7, but I'm not sure about it means ([2] doesn't mention it)
- I added data/filetypes.cython, copied from the cython one with
additional keywords (I still need to change the build options)
- I think we can use the Python lexer, but I don't know how to explain
it to geany, so I did nothing yet.

These modifications are in the attached patch (against trunk). It
compiles and works: I now have a cython filetype in geany. However, I
still have no folding nor syntax highlighting. Can you guide me a
little bit for the next step?

Regards
--
Sébastien Barthélemy

[1] http://www.cython.org/
[2] http://www.geany.org/manual/hacking.html#adding-a-filetype
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