Syntax Highlighting Edit Box

[icuurd12b42]

This dll will turn a regular Edit Box into a Decent Code Highlight and Editor


Image from my WIP

The project is on github, along with AHK Include and Test file

https://github.com/icuurd12b42/tmcsyntaxEB

I need Help fixing the test File. I'm experiencing weird things with the OnResize event and reading from the ini.

I also need help for creating language files and with the syntax coloring

[BGM]

This looks pretty interesting! I have a little GUI that I made which I always wanted syntax colouring in. I am rather daunted by the complexity of scintilla and have always wished for something easier.

[icuurd12b42]

Same... and none of these syntax highlighters I found are for "any" language... they usually are language specific or use the .net interface for plugging into your project... which is not usable in AHK.


I still need to test the dll on all the versions of AHK...

[Guest]

just fyi @bgm have you tried https://github.com/G33kDude/RichCode.ahk ?

[BGM]

Guest - well, I originally used richtext, but my process got to complicated trying to escape characters. Then a fellow helped me with a scintilla dll, then he got fed up and wouldn't talk to me anymore, and I was never able to get the source files - just the dll. So I sort of got dumped on there. Now I'm stuck.

To put it short, yes, I've tried GeekDude's richcode, but I'm doing something a bit complicated.

[icuurd12b42]

darnit why is it always after you search and gave up and work for days one end that something pops up like that. that thing looks well made... but I'm too committed now

[guest3456]

icuurd12b42, great work. did you write the dll yourself?

[BGM]

Am I right in understanding that the dll effects syntax for particular languages only? What if you want to use a syntax in a custom language?

[icuurd12b42]

You can define your own language. I got Javascript 3.0 defined along with a mix of other things in the test files. you can take a peek at the .lng files.

> did you write the dll yourself?
Yes, after I gave up trying to find a highlighter that was easy to use, g33k link excluded, I decided to brush up my 90's winapi skills for custom controls and use my recently acquired code parsing concept to make something simple...

I just completed ansi char and wide char support and 64 bit support... I just found a slew of edit box messages that will bypass the 64k limit and made a test app in c++... in a few days I think the code part will be complete. The issue of concern for me is the language files... I suck at making a balanced color scheme