[Geany] lua filetype: highlight func def name

[Enrico Tröger]

On Sat, 28 Nov 2009 13:16:42 +0100, spir wrote:


>> >Also, it would be nice to have a style attribute for multilne
>> >strings and multiline comments. (And I don't understand the
>> >difference between "string" and "literalstring" attributes.)
>> 
>> I don't know Lua very well at all but if I understand you correctly,
>> you might want to adjust the "identifier" style. This is the style
>> which is used for function names. However, this would also affect
>> other identifiers like variable names and such.
>> If that's not enough, you should file a feature request at the
>> Scintilla project to add another style to the Lua lexer for
>> highlighting function names.
>
>Well, I'll try to find information about scintilla's Lua highlighting
>definition. (a pointer would be welcome)

Feature request tracker:
https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=2439&atid=352439

Code:
http://scintilla.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/scintilla/scintilla/src/LexLua.cxx?revision=1.33&view=markup

>The "identifier" is not a solution for my needs, as the point is
>precisely to highlight func names in func defs, as opposed to other
>identifiers. Actually, I'm rather surprised there is no setting for
>function names (in scintilla), because it's very basic and useful,
>indeed, and also the pattern for Lua's 1st form above is identical to
>the one used in many other languages. (The second form seems also
>rarer in common Lua code, but necessary for anonymous funcs.)
>
>So, a follow-up question is: do geany's standard filetypes.* file show
>all possible settings (inherited from scintilla)? If yes, then I will
>for sure file a feature request for scintilla.

Mostly. There might be a few cases where the mapping for a few styles
for a few filetypes are missing but generally it should be complete.

Regards,
Enrico

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