Re: full featured lexer template

fogus wrote:
> You know, that sounds similar to what I want.  I also want a lexer
> template with, say 10 different keyword categories, customizable
> folding, customizable function/class name definitions, etc.  A fully
> functional template.  I would like to be able to just copy and name
> the lexer something else, say "foo", grab *.foo files and interpret
> them with my new foo lexer.

You can already do this using property files if language XYZ is 
quite similar to language ABC. On keyword categories, you can 
offer your extended keyword list support as patches to improve 
Scintilla.

> How can SciTE be "fully customizable" unless it can support new lexers
> being added without source code modification?

You're being pedantic with words.

Send in a patch. Show us the code. Make that magical lexer and 
show it to us, and we will treat you like a code God. 

Seriously, most F/LOSS software are very resource-constrained. 
When a user suggests something, the community can't jump up, drop 
everything, and implement it. Everyone is busy with other things. 
Those of us who are on many mailing lists won't even reply to most 
e-mails.

So the surest way of effecting change is to make it happen 
yourself. I realize this is hard for non-developers, but lack of