[Geany] Issues adding a new filetype

[Nick Treleaven]

On Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:25:59 +0100
Yannis Mazzer <yannis.mazzer at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm using an unusual language at work called NesC, it's a C-based,
> event-driven language for micro-controller programming. 
> 
> Some months ago I made everything necessary to have syntax highlighting
> for this language in Geany and it worked. But sadly I lost the changes
> in a hard-drive crash, and now I'm trying to re-add this syntax
> highlighting.
> 
> Anyway I'm having some trouble adding this filetype using the Cpp Lexer.
> I figured out that there is no --generate-data-files option anymore and
> that I had to edit the filetype_extension.conf. But I don't have syntax
> highlighting, not only for NesC, but for all languages supported by
> geany. I'm using the current development version, and it seems there is
> a bug since when I revert my changes and compile, I can't get the syntax
> highlighting. 
> 
> Since I'm not an active geany developper and that I don't know the code
> perfectly, I'm asking you for advices.

Are you running latest SVN? I recently added some limited code for color
scheme files, there was an issue where if the color scheme selected had
been deleted the user would have to choose Default again. But that
should be fixed in latest SVN.

Regards,
Nick