Changes between Version 2 and Version 3 of SilverCityAddLanguage

Timestamp:

Jul 9, 2004, 2:42:05 PM (20 years ago)

Author:

anonymous

Comment:

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SilverCityAddLanguage

@@ -7 +7 @@
 How to add syntax-highlightning to SilverCity that exists in Scintilla
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+
+First download the !SilverCity package and the latest Scintialla package. 
 
 root = where you unpacked SilverCity
@@ -21 +23 @@
       - cd root/PySilverCity/Src
 
-      - python write_scintilla.py ../../scintilla/include tmp.py
+      - python write_scintilla.py ../../scintilla/include ../../scintilla/include/Scintilla.iface tmp.py
 
       - rm ../SilverCity/ScintillaConstants.py
@@ -29 +31 @@
 +  Now you change to the root/PySilverCity/SilverCity and have to create a module lang.py
 
-       - cp YAML.py lang.py
+       - We are using the YAML.py as template so do 'cp YAML.py lang.py'
 
        - in lang.py replace every occurance of Yaml with lang
 
+       - replace "from ScintillaConstants import SCLEX_YAML" to use your language lexer.
+
+       - replace occurance of SCE_YAML with the equivalant for your language lexer
+
+       - To find the equivalent constant for lang look into ScintillaConstants.py
+
        - change the langue info at the. 
 
-         + Change suffixes to what the new lang has.
+          + Change suffixes to what the new lang has. So that one can deduce from filename what lexer to use.
 
 
-       - Open root/scintilla/src/Lex'lang' see how many word list arguments are to the function.
+       - Open root/scintilla/src/Lex'lang' see how many WordList arguments are to the function.
          
-         +  In lang.py add so many wordlist in self._keywords in the langLexer.__init__ function
+         +  In lang.py add so many WordList in self._keywords in the langLexer.__init__ function
             
-            - Check the CPP.py as example.
+         + Check the CPP.py as example.
 
        - Add the keywords for the language in the Keywords module