Re: [Caml-list] GtkSourceView2.0 syntax highlighting

[Edgar Friendly <thelema314@gmail.com>]

Robert Roessler wrote:
> Edgar Friendly wrote:
>> The upcoming version of GtkSourceView, the library used by many Gnome
>> text editors for syntax highlighting, supports new and more powerful
>> language parsing.  I volunteer to update the language definition for
>> Ocaml, and would like some feedback from the community regarding useful
>> things to highlight.
> 
> A "gotcha" to be aware of (if you aren't already handling this): don't
> forget that OCaml comments nest. ;)
> 
Yup, that's being handled.  Another fun gotcha I found is that comments
aren't comments inside string literals.

> Also, from my OCaml lexer in the Scintilla distribution:
> 
> # suggested; more could come from, say, Pervasives
> keywordoptional1.caml= \
> option Some None ignore ref lnot succ pred
> 
> # suggested; more could come from, say, user-defined types
> keywordoptional2.caml= \
> array bool char float int list string unit
> 
wow, this is going to be a lot of keyword highlighting.  people might
run out of colors on their screen.

> The full set (including default coloring values) may be found in the
> caml.properties file in a Scintilla source tree.
> 
> Robert Roessler
> roessler@rftp.com
> http://www.rftp.com
> 

Thanks for the feedback,
E.