[Geany-Users] # user definable keywords

[Lex Trotman]

It depends on the Scintilla lexer if they work or not.  Basic lexer
probably doesn't support extra keyword lists.

On 23 October 2016 at 16:06, JVP <jvp at tubejoiners.com> wrote:
> Hi All
>
> I notice that in some filetypes. there are entries called:
>
> user3=
>
> user4=
>
> From that I assumed that I can add more user key word lists (with different
> colours).
>
> I have edited my filetypes.freebasic by adding:
>
> user3=myroutine
>
> then added:
>
> keyword_5=0xFF3030;;false;false
>
> to filetypes.common (if Keyword_3 is user1, then hopefully keyword_5 is
> user3)
>
> However, that doesn't work. Is it even possible to do this, or are there
> more changes to make ?
>
>
> Regards
> Jan van de Poll
>
> On 09/20/2016 07:33 AM, JVP wrote:
>
> Hi All
>
> Thanks Lex, I have it working now.
>
> Another reason why it didn't, is any of the letters are capitalized ie:
> user1=Myspecialword
>
> Now all I have to do is choose the right colours so the programming page
> doesn't look
>
> like a Picasso.
>
> Regards
> Jan van de Poll
>
> On 09/19/2016 12:08 AM, Lex Trotman wrote:
>
> Works for me with latest Geany development version.
>
> The `user1` keywords are highlighted by the `keyword_3` style.  To
> change that you should edit that style in the style file you are using
> (which is filetypes.common if you are using the default style and
> menu->tools->configuration files->filetypes.common will load it).
>
> Cheers
> Lex
>
> On 19 September 2016 at 13:06, JVP <jvp at tubejoiners.com> wrote:
>
>  Hi All
>
> Using FreeBasic with Geany 1.27 and having difficulty getting the
> user1=myspecialword to work.
> I have copied the filetypes.freebasic to ~/.config/geany/filedefs and edited
> it there.
>
> >From my reading on the FreeBasic forum I saw that the colouring of user1 is
> controlled by word3.
> The filetypes.freebasic suggest editing colours in the colorscheme  .conf
> file.
> There wasn't a file there, but copying alt.conf there made no change at all.
>
> If I add my word to the [keywords] then it gets high lighted, but I want
> separate colours for
> the user1 keywords.
>
> Can someone please suggest what the problem is.
>
> Regards
>
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