Cheers Lex, that answers my question perfectly. For what reason would Scintilla not separate escapes from strings? It seems like a useful feature.
d On 12 February 2012 21:00, Lex Trotman <[email protected]> wrote: > On 13 February 2012 07:46, Damon McMinn <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > New to Geany (and programming). > > > > I would very much like to have escape sequences highlighted in a similar > way > > to gedit. I've searched high and low for an explanation on how to achieve > > this and have come up empty. I'm sure it's very simple, however it's a > > mystery to me! I have attached a screenshot to visually explain what I > mean. > > The reason you can't find how to do it is that it isn't possible. > Scintilla (www.scintilla.org) is the editing component that does the > lexing for the highlighting, and it doesn't separate escapes from > strings. > > To do it you would have to change the C++ code of the lexer in Scintilla > > Cheers > Lex > > > > > Also, I realise I'm not using the default color scheme. I have tested > with > > the default color scheme and still don't have the highlighting I seek. > > > > Unsure if it's pertinent but am using 0.20. > > > > Many thanks, > > > > Damon McMinn > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Geany mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.uvena.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geany > > > _______________________________________________ > Geany mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.uvena.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geany >
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