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syntax highlighting for different groups of keywords [message #1766634]

Fri, 23 June 2017 17:20

Bob Frankel

Messages: 12
Registered: July 2009

Junior Member

my language has several different groups of keywords; and i would like to highlight them differently in the editor....

i am able to override the keywordTextStyle() method in a class that extends DefaultHighlightingConfiguration (which i then bind appropriately).... but this simply changes the style of *all* keywords....

i've found the class HighlightingStyles, though this appears to have a fixed set of categories (KEYWORD, COMMENT, etc)

how might i do this with the framework????

thanks, bob

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Re: syntax highlighting for different groups of keywords [message #1766636 is a reply to message #1766634]

Fri, 23 June 2017 17:36

Christian Dietrich

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Registered: July 2009

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have a look at semantic highlighting.

- create different styles in the HighlightingConfiguration
- implement a ISemanticHighlightingCalculator that calculates the keywords.

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