Re: Syntax highlighting

[<hohe72 arcor de>]

<hohe72 arcor de> wrote (Thu, 27 Aug 2015 15:21:03 +0200):
> How about:
>
> context default brightgreen
>   keyword [ brightmagenta
>   keyword ] brightmagenta
>
> context exclusive [ \s white
>
> Ben <2blkbelt nemontel net> wrote (Sun, 23 Aug 2015 12:33:59 -0600):
> > I have written a language where operations on content are specified
> > in brackets, like this:
> >
> > [a content]
> >
> > The brackets can appear anywhere on a line, and they can be nested.
> >
> > I would *like* to have the brackets one color, the keyword ('a' in
> > the above example) another color, and the remainder another color.
> >
> > I want the keywords to stand out, but the braces separately obvious
> > for visual matching purposes without having to put the cursor on
> > them.
>
> At mcedit the syntax highlighting's brace matching don't work for
> nested braces. '+' and '*' are greedy,
I was wrong here. Its generous also.

> 'context' is always generous. The matching cursor is more reliable.
>
> > This *almost* works...
> >
> > context default brightgreen
> >     keyword [ brightmagenta
> >     keyword ] brightmagenta
> >
> > context exclusive [ ] brightgreen
> >     keyword [ brightmagenta
> >     keyword ] brightmagenta
> >     keyword whole a white
> >
> > ...in that this...
> >
> > [a foo bar]
> >
> > ...displays correctly, the 'a' in bar not highlighting in white.
> >
> > But this makes BOTH occurrences of 'a' white...
> >
> > [a this is a test]
> >
> > ...where the first 'a' is a keyword, as easily distinguished by it
> > following the opening bracket, but the second 'a' is not, as it does
> > not follow an opening bracket.
> >
> > Anyone have any idea if this can be made to work?
> >
> > Any assistance much appreciated.
> >
> > The email address in the syntax highlighting file for Paul, the
> > author of the syntax stuff, bounces, no big surprise, sigh.
>
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