[Geany] Syntax highlight m4's 'dnl'

[Matthew Brush]

On 12/14/2011 04:15 PM, Nate Bargmann wrote:
> Nate Bargmann<n0nb at ...>  writes:
>
>>
>> Hi.
>>
>> I like Geany and have been tweaking a few of the syntax highlight
>> settings to my liking.  One thing I've not figured out is how I might
>> highlight a line that begins with 'dnl' similar to a shell comment but
>> with another color, if possible.
>>
>> I understand that .m4 and configure.ac filetypes are part of the .sh
>> type which is fine.  I suppose that 'dnl' could be considered a keyword
>> but I would rather the entire line be highlighted.
>
> No ideas on this?  I've tried various things based on what I've found in the
> various filetypes.* files, but the only thing that I could seem to do is
> highlight 'dnl' as a keyword, but I'd like it to be treated as a comment line so
> geany doesn't try to parse the line for backticks and quotes.
>
> Is this something that should be a wishlist bug?
>

Hi,

I *think* it's a Scintilla issue, not changeable from Geany itself, but 
I could be wrong though, as I've proven numerous times :)

Cheers,
Matthew Brush