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Is there a text editor that would allow me to create syntax highlighting easily? (self.text_editors)
submitted 1 year ago by Reptorian to c/text_editors
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Basically just the title said. The situation is basically I use a Domain-Specific Language called G'MIC, and to this day, I haven't found a satisfactory answer to the issue of lack of syntax highlighting. At the moment, I am using KDE Kate as it's pretty good at structuring the code with their find/replace feature, tab indicators, and multi-window support.

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[–] Reptorian 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There's no standard regarding G'MIC scripting. That being said, here's a representative G'MIC script - https://pastebin.com/cEPW31HJ .

The first one is basically a example script for testing syntax highlighting. The second one is a real world case study. The second one can be found in https://github.com/GreycLab/gmic-community/blob/master/include/reptorian.gmic .

I haven't included some concepts in the example_cli as you can see that reptorian.gmic introduces some concepts not seen in both. Basically, writing a syntax highlighter for G'MIC would be a nightmare. But doable if I can figure things out.