I'm working on SrcEdit, an open source programming text editor for writing Palm OS code on the Palm. It has rudimentary color suppport and an autocomplete feature that enables you to enter a few letters of an API function and then insert the full name by tapping on it in a popup list, but I'm interested in adding color (or at least grayscale) syntax highlighting. My question is how best to go about recognizing keywords, keeping in mind the limited processor resources we're dealing with. The multibit screen bitmap needs to redraw quickly enough that someone writing with graffiti doesn't get ahead of the display. Am I dreaming that this is doable on a 33mhz Dragonball? Any ideas about a general approach?
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