TSynEdit: linefeeds and Linebreaks

[Aruna]

I have a string:

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1.  metaData:='{'+  #13#10+ ' *******'+ #13#10+ '* Project: <Project Name>'+ #13#10;  

Which I plug into

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1. SynEdit1.Lines.Add(metaData);

It does not split the string at  my line endings. I have tried 'LineEndings' and #13#10 with no success. How do I fix this please?

EDIT: Screenshot attached

[Aruna]

Found what I was doing wrong. This works:

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1. SynEdit1.Lines.Text:=metaData;

[Martin_fr]

Well, yes: That.

But, if you want to add (or remove/change) to/from existing text, then you should use SynEdit.TextBetweenPoints or SynEdit.SetTextBetweenPoints. That will work with undo/redo and adjusting caret and existing selection. (And it should deal with linebreaks too)

[Aruna]

Well, yes: That.

But, if you want to add (or remove/change) to/from existing text, then you should use SynEdit.TextBetweenPoints or SynEdit.SetTextBetweenPoints. That will work with undo/redo and adjusting caret and existing selection. (And it should deal with linebreaks too)

Hi Martin, thank you I am just starting with SynEdit so have no clue am working blind and flying by night. If you have a moment please take a look at the attached screenshot and tell me if I am going down the right  path? Or I need to stop and re-think this?

[Martin_fr]

You do want to start here https://wiki.freepascal.org/SynEdit
Otherwise the image is not much related on how to access SynEdit.

But as for ideas for the "class designer" (I guess you want to talk about that?):

The amount of options that you will actually need is going to grow.
So you may want
- a radiogroup: Field, Method, Property   (event is just a property)
- and then reuse fields like name
- and hide/show options like virtual or default as needed.


Just some examples:

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1. property Foo: Integer read FFoo write FFoo; // field
2. property Foo: Integer read GetFoo write SetFoo; // method
3. property Foo: Integer read FFoo write SetFoo; // mixed
4. property Foo[Bar: Boolean]: Integer read GeFoo write SetFoo; // indexed
5. property Foo[Bar: Boolean]: Integer read GeFoo write SetFoo; default; // indexed default
6. property Foo: Integer read FFoo write SetFoo default 5; // default val
7. property Foo: Integer read FFoo write SetFoo stored GetStored;
8. property Foo: Integer index 5 read GetFoo write SetFoo stored GetStored;  // indexed getter/setter
9.  
10. procedure Bar; inline;
11. procedure Bar; reintroduce; virtual; abstract; overload;  stdcall;
12. ...
13.  

[Aruna]

You do want to start here https://wiki.freepascal.org/SynEdit

Thank you for the link..

But as for ideas for the "class designer" (I guess you want to talk about that?):

Yes please.

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property Foo: Integer index 5 read GetFoo write SetFoo stored GetStored;  // indexed getter/setter
<snip>
procedure Bar; reintroduce; virtual; abstract; overload;  stdcall;
...


Thank you very much. This helps me a lot.

@Martin_fr, In the attached screenshot in the IDE source editor the compiler directive displays as red text: {$mode objfpc}{$H+}
In the running app window using SynHighlighterPas it renders as black: {$mode objfpc}{$H+}

If I would like to change this to red how do I go about doing so please?

EDIT: I did go through synhighlighterpas.pp still trying to wrap my head around it.

[Martin_fr]

@Martin_fr, In the attached screenshot in the IDE source editor the compiler directive displays as red text: {$mode objfpc}{$H+}
In the running app window using SynHighlighterPas it renders as black: {$mode objfpc}{$H+}

If I would like to change this to red how do I go about doing so please?

EDIT: I did go through synhighlighterpas.pp still trying to wrap my head around it.

property DirectiveAttri in the Object inspector.

The synedit page is linked should have a link to a syn highlighter tutorial, which explains how the highlighter works.

[Aruna]

@Martin_fr, In the attached screenshot in the IDE source editor the compiler directive displays as red text: {$mode objfpc}{$H+}
In the running app window using SynHighlighterPas it renders as black: {$mode objfpc}{$H+}

If I would like to change this to red how do I go about doing so please?

EDIT: I did go through synhighlighterpas.pp still trying to wrap my head around it.

property DirectiveAttri in the Object inspector.

The synedit page is linked should have a link to a syn highlighter tutorial, which explains how the highlighter works.

Thank you.