Hi Stam,
Take a look at https://www.barebones.com/support/develop/clm.html#ExREComments. You could leave empty all the BBLMComment* keys and add this to your plist: *<key>Comment Pattern</key>* *<string><![CDATA[* *(?x) (?# Allow comments and ignore whitespace even in classes.)* *(?-s) (?# Dot doesn't match newlines.)* *(\#|--|\/\/) (?# Single line comment prefixes.)* *.* (?# Rest of the line)* *$ (?# End of line.)* *]]></string>* Here is an imaginary Stam Codeless Language Module that would be applied to files with .stam extension. Name it *~/Library/Application Support/BBEdit/Language Modules_out/Stam.plist *and restart BBEdit. *<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>* *<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd";>* *<plist version="1.0">* *<dict>* * <key>BBEditDocumentType</key>* * <string>CodelessLanguageModule</string>* * <key>BBLMColorsSyntax</key>* * <true/>* * <key>BBLMIsCaseSensitive</key>* * <false/>* * <key>BBLMLanguageCode</key>* * <string>Stam</string>* * <key>BBLMLanguageDisplayName</key>* * <string>Stam</string>* * <key>BBLMSuffixMap</key>* * <array>* * <dict>* * <key>BBLMLanguageSuffix</key>* * <string>.stam</string>* * </dict>* * </array>* * <key>Language Features</key>* * <dict>* * <key>Identifier and Keyword Character Class</key>* * <string>\p{L}\p{N}\-</string>* * <key>Comment Pattern</key>* * <string><![CDATA[* * (?x) (?# Allow comments and ignore whitespace even in classes.)* * (?-s) (?# Dot doesn't match newlines.)* * (\#|--|\/\/) (?# Single line comment prefixes.)* * .* (?# Rest of the line)* * $ (?# End of line.)* * ]]></string>* * </dict>* *</dict>* *</plist>* For help on regular expressions, see BBEdit > Help > BBEdit Help > Grep Reference. HTH Jean Jourdain On Sunday, August 11, 2024 at 6:51:01 PM UTC+2 Stam Kapetanakis wrote: > Hi all, > I've found an old pList used for LiveCode within BBEdit. > > Just have an issue with line commenting. The old file only had 1 > commenting style: > > *<key>BBLMCommentLineDefault</key> <string>#</string>* > > followed by the multiline commenting: > *<key>BBLMCommentPrefixDefault</key>* > *<string>/*</string>* > *<key>BBLMCommentSuffixDefault</key>* > *<string>*/</string>* > > > but in this language there are 3 styles for single line comments: "//", > "#" and "--" > > I thought I'd be clever and change the single line comment key to: > > > > > > > *<key>BBLMCommentLineDefault</key> <array> <string>#</string> > <string>--</string> <string>//</string> </array>* > > > everything works except "--" > I suspect none of this made any difference BBEdit was processing "//" and > "#" as default > markers for a comment line. > > *Question*: How can I make BBEdit treat "--" as start of. comment line? > > Many thanks > Stam > > > -- This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature request or believe that the application isn't working correctly, please email "[email protected]" rather than posting here. Follow @bbedit on Mastodon: <https://mastodon.social/@bbedit> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BBEdit Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bbedit/e5910f35-911f-4b61-b510-4473108ff56bn%40googlegroups.com.
