Comments on: Simple Syntax Highlighting http://explodingpixels.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/simple-syntax-highlighting/ Exposing the pixels behind beautiful user interfaces Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:14:25 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Ken http://explodingpixels.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/simple-syntax-highlighting/#comment-92 Ken Sat, 28 Jun 2008 11:07:02 +0000 http://explodingpixels.wordpress.com/?p=33#comment-92 I just stumbled across your project the other day, and was excited to see that it was exactly what I was looking for! It was very snappy, and followed Sun's Swing text package architecture - nice! I'll certainly be looking into your project more - good work Ayman! I just stumbled across your project the other day, and was excited to see that it was exactly what I was looking for! It was very snappy, and followed Sun’s Swing text package architecture – nice!

I’ll certainly be looking into your project more – good work Ayman!

]]> By: Ayman http://explodingpixels.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/simple-syntax-highlighting/#comment-90 Ayman Sat, 28 Jun 2008 07:12:59 +0000 http://explodingpixels.wordpress.com/?p=33#comment-90 You may be interested in <a href="code.google.com/p/jsyntaxpane" rel="nofollow">JSyntaxPane</a>. It's my first Open Source project and should be very easy to use and embed. No external dependencies at all. You may be interested in JSyntaxPane. It’s my first Open Source project and should be very easy to use and embed. No external dependencies at all.

]]> By: Ken http://explodingpixels.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/simple-syntax-highlighting/#comment-58 Ken Tue, 20 May 2008 12:42:16 +0000 http://explodingpixels.wordpress.com/?p=33#comment-58 @Mark (comment 54): Your first link ( http://java.sun.com/products/jfc/tsc/articles/text/editor_kit/ ) was the article that originally got me thinking about re-implementing jEdit. I tried emailing Tim Prinzing (the article's author and master mind behind the Swing text API) in order to see if that approach was still the "recommended" for syntax highlighting - I've yet to hear back from him. I'm excited by your second link ( http://www.antonioshome.net/kitchen/netbeans/nbms-standalone.php ) - the NetBeans Editor is very powerful, and I've been looking for a way to use it in a stand-alone fashion. @Mark (comment 54): Your first link ( http://java.sun.com/products/jfc/tsc/articles/text/editor_kit/ ) was the article that originally got me thinking about re-implementing jEdit. I tried emailing Tim Prinzing (the article’s author and master mind behind the Swing text API) in order to see if that approach was still the “recommended” for syntax highlighting – I’ve yet to hear back from him.

I’m excited by your second link ( http://www.antonioshome.net/kitchen/netbeans/nbms-standalone.php ) – the NetBeans Editor is very powerful, and I’ve been looking for a way to use it in a stand-alone fashion.

]]> By: Ken http://explodingpixels.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/simple-syntax-highlighting/#comment-57 Ken Tue, 20 May 2008 12:16:35 +0000 http://explodingpixels.wordpress.com/?p=33#comment-57 Your right...it is easy to use the jEdit Syntax Package (what the jEdit Text Editor is based on) as an independent component. What I'm referring to, though, is the actual architecture of the jEdit Syntax Package - it doesn't map to the Swing text architecture very well. The Swing text API is based on EditorKits being installed on JEditorPanes. I'd like to port the guts of the jEdit Syntax Package into the Swing text model. I'll check out SDoc...thanks for the link. Your right…it is easy to use the jEdit Syntax Package (what the jEdit Text Editor is based on) as an independent component.

What I’m referring to, though, is the actual architecture of the jEdit Syntax Package – it doesn’t map to the Swing text architecture very well. The Swing text API is based on EditorKits being installed on JEditorPanes. I’d like to port the guts of the jEdit Syntax Package into the Swing text model.

I’ll check out SDoc…thanks for the link.

]]> By: Ayman http://explodingpixels.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/simple-syntax-highlighting/#comment-56 Ayman Tue, 20 May 2008 05:12:37 +0000 http://explodingpixels.wordpress.com/?p=33#comment-56 I'd love to see and help with that. I have a Pet project that uses syntax highlighting and did not want to invent the wheel, but did. I have more of a square wheel though, with JEditorPane and very simple regex pattern matching for highlighting matches. I needed simple highlighting for various languages. Scripting as well as internal. Please let me know if you open a project or if you wanna look at my simplistic implementation. I’d love to see and help with that. I have a Pet project that uses syntax highlighting and did not want to invent the wheel, but did. I have more of a square wheel though, with JEditorPane and very simple regex pattern matching for highlighting matches. I needed simple highlighting for various languages. Scripting as well as internal.
Please let me know if you open a project or if you wanna look at my simplistic implementation.

]]> By: Yves Zoundi http://explodingpixels.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/simple-syntax-highlighting/#comment-55 Yves Zoundi Tue, 20 May 2008 00:58:12 +0000 http://explodingpixels.wordpress.com/?p=33#comment-55 It's actually quite easy to use JEdit syntax highlighting code outside JEdit. I've done it with the 1.0.0RCXXXX of XPontus XML Editor(http://xpontus.sf.net). I'm now using Javacc. I could have used Antlr, JFlex or another lexer too. I used a JEditorPane instead of the component JEdit's uses. A friend of mine have a simple syntax highlighting project called sdoc(http://sdoc.sf.net). It might be worth your time looking at it. It uses JFlex to parse the text. Yves Zoundi Blog: http://yveszoundi.blogspot.com XPontus XML Editor : http://xpontus.sf.net VFSJFileChooser : http://vfsjfilechooser.sf.net It’s actually quite easy to use JEdit syntax highlighting code outside JEdit. I’ve done it with the 1.0.0RCXXXX of XPontus XML Editor(http://xpontus.sf.net). I’m now using Javacc. I could have used Antlr, JFlex or another lexer too. I used a JEditorPane instead of the component JEdit’s uses.

A friend of mine have a simple syntax highlighting project called sdoc(http://sdoc.sf.net). It might be worth your time looking at it. It uses JFlex to parse the text.

Yves Zoundi
Blog: http://yveszoundi.blogspot.com
XPontus XML Editor : http://xpontus.sf.net
VFSJFileChooser : http://vfsjfilechooser.sf.net

]]> By: mark http://explodingpixels.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/simple-syntax-highlighting/#comment-54 mark Tue, 20 May 2008 00:26:52 +0000 http://explodingpixels.wordpress.com/?p=33#comment-54 The JEdit text area is one of the solutions I found and my least favorite. You can use a swing text area and create an editor kit: http://java.sun.com/products/jfc/tsc/articles/text/editor_kit/ My favorite solution is using the editor from the Netbeans package: http://www.antonioshome.net/kitchen/netbeans/nbms-standalone.php The JEdit text area is one of the solutions I found and my least favorite. You can use a swing text area and create an editor kit:

http://java.sun.com/products/jfc/tsc/articles/text/editor_kit/

My favorite solution is using the editor from the Netbeans package:

http://www.antonioshome.net/kitchen/netbeans/nbms-standalone.php

]]> By: Ken http://explodingpixels.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/simple-syntax-highlighting/#comment-51 Ken Mon, 19 May 2008 18:52:55 +0000 http://explodingpixels.wordpress.com/?p=33#comment-51 Sure...maybe I should setup a java.net project? If anyone wants to set that up, feel free. Sure…maybe I should setup a java.net project? If anyone wants to set that up, feel free.

]]> By: Ken http://explodingpixels.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/simple-syntax-highlighting/#comment-52 Ken Mon, 19 May 2008 18:51:06 +0000 http://explodingpixels.wordpress.com/?p=33#comment-52 Sure...maybe I should setup a java.net? If anyone wants to set that up, feel free. Sure…maybe I should setup a java.net? If anyone wants to set that up, feel free.

]]> By: Andres Almiray http://explodingpixels.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/simple-syntax-highlighting/#comment-49 Andres Almiray Mon, 19 May 2008 18:17:54 +0000 http://explodingpixels.wordpress.com/?p=33#comment-49 +1 love to see that become a reality, need help? +1 love to see that become a reality, need help?

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