[Geany] Escape sequence highlighting question

[Damon McMinn]

Cheers Lex, that answers my question perfectly.

For what reason would Scintilla not separate escapes from strings? It seems
like a useful feature.

d

On 12 February 2012 21:00, Lex Trotman <elextr at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 13 February 2012 07:46, Damon McMinn <damonrmcminn at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > New to Geany (and programming).
> >
> > I would very much like to have escape sequences highlighted in a similar
> way
> > to gedit. I've searched high and low for an explanation on how to achieve
> > this and have come up empty. I'm sure it's very simple, however it's a
> > mystery to me! I have attached a screenshot to visually explain what I
> mean.
>
> The reason you can't find how to do it is that it isn't possible.
> Scintilla (www.scintilla.org) is the editing component that does the
> lexing for the highlighting, and it doesn't separate escapes from
> strings.
>
> To do it you would have to change the C++ code of the lexer in Scintilla
>
> Cheers
> Lex
>
> >
> > Also, I realise I'm not using the default color scheme. I have tested
> with
> > the default color scheme and still don't have the highlighting I seek.
> >
> > Unsure if it's pertinent but am using 0.20.
> >
> > Many thanks,
> >
> > Damon McMinn
> >
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