TSynAnySyn Highlighting

[Baltazar]

Hi Everyone,
I am designing a custom IDE for BASIC language. Instead of using the standard TSynVBSyn, I instead used TSynAnySyn highlighter as my keywords are from the old set of ANSI BASIC (subset  of VB) . Here's what happened (pls see attachment):
1. I turned ON csVBStyle commenting but it doesn't recognize the REM comment marker, only the apostrophe. Turning ON csBasStyle also didn't help.
2. The # character is also getting highlighted as a string.
I don't get these issues when I use a TSynVBSyn highlighter, the problem is those unnecessary keywords in my target flavor of BASIC are also getting highlighted.
FPC version: 3.0.4
Lazarus V 2.0.0

[Martin_fr]

SynAnySyn is very simple. It almost has no support for any build in stuff.

You can create your own copy, and modify it.
Or you can modify the basic hl, do remove the parts you do not need.

Or create your own.
http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/SynEdit_Highlighter

There is currently no good freely configurable HL. (I hear ATSynEdit has, but I don't know anything about it)

[Edson]

Don't use SynAnySyn. Is slow and limited. Use SynFacilSyn, is fast, flexible, and well documented.

For Basic comments, you can use some XML syntax like this:

Code: XML  [Select][+][-]

1. <?xml version="1.0"?>
2. <Language>
3.   <Comment Start="REM"></Comment>
4.   <Comment Start="&apos;" ></Comment>
5. </Language>
6.  

[lucamar]

Perhaps a link to Edson's SynFacilSyn page on GitHub won't be amiss, will it? 

It's in fact the closer to a "good freely configurable HL" there is, AFAICT.

[Edson]

Perhaps a link to Edson's SynFacilSyn page on GitHub won't be amiss, will it? 

It's in fact the closer to a "good freely configurable HL" there is, AFAICT.

Thanks for the link.

I think Martin should include SynFacilSyn (no need to be the last version) in Lazarus, and remove the old SynAnySyn. Many of the current Hardcoded SynEdit highlighters can be replaced and improved with SynFacilSyn.

[Martin_fr]

I must admitted that I always thought SynFacilSyn was for AtSynEdit. Now I am impressed.

Yes this is certainly important for SynEdit.

I wonder if it would be possible/better to get it to the OPM (it seems not there yet). IMHO it should have its own entry there (not mixed with the extra syn hl package).

* Pro OPM
- Easier maintenance. No need to continually integrate updates.
* Con OPM
- Still less visible.

IMHO the latter is a general issue. It would be a nice feature if the OPM could display dummy entries in the component palette.

[Thausand]

Now I am impressed.

SynFacilSyn is very good and work many thing anysyn no work. Then i write +1 

[Baltazar]

Thank you  all for the replies/dicussions. 

[Edson]

I must admitted that I always thought SynFacilSyn was for AtSynEdit. Now I am impressed.

Strange  . I ask you several times about Synedit where developing SynFacilSyn.

Recently SynFacilSyn included too, an adapter for using with ATSynEdit  , but only implements uni-line tokens and no support for blocks.

I wonder if it would be possible/better to get it to the OPM (it seems not there yet). IMHO it should have its own entry there (not mixed with the extra syn hl package).

* Pro OPM
- Easier maintenance. No need to continually integrate updates.
* Con OPM
- Still less visible.

SynFacilSyn hasn't been changing too recently. I think it would be useful even if Lazarus includes and old version.

I haven't used OPM, but I can include SynFacilSyn if someone tell me how.

[wp]

http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Online_Package_Manager#Create_repository_package

[Edson]

http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Online_Package_Manager#Create_repository_package

It looks I have not enabled the "Create" button.

[wp]

You must activate the "Package maintainer" profile: Select "Options" > "Profiles" > "Select profile".

[Edson]

OK. I've sent the SynFacilSyn. I don't know if it is OK  . SynFacilSyn is just a pair of units. No component, no package.

[wp]

I think you need a package, a run-time package should be enough. But I notified the maintainer of OPM (https://forum.lazarus.freepascal.org/index.php/topic,34297.1600.html).

[balazsszekely]

Hi all,

I got the package, but I cannot compile it. This is the error message:"SynEditHighlighter was not found." If I add synedit to the "Required packages", everything works fine except for a missing license file(see attached image 1). Can I remove it from the Files entry? Can you please provide a Description, Author, License and version(see attached image 2)?