I am having marker troubles

everseeker · Aug 05, 2005#12005-08-05T23:48+00:00

I am having a wee bit of trouble with multiple Marker sets...

example:

/Marker Characters = "[]{}"
/C1"Marker1"
[]
/C2"Marker2"
{}

and
look at the text [Hello there{small}Kid of mine]
You'd expect
[Hello there{small}Kid of mine]
you get
[Hello there{small}Kid of mine]
nesting is also a problem.
For example, [abc[def]ghi] should render as
[abc[def]ghi]
not
[abc[def]ghi]

is there a solution out there?

Mofi · Aug 07, 2005#22005-08-07T17:36+00:00

I think, you don't have understand how marker characters works. They are just for highlight a string with a very simple rule. Nested strings are not possible. I will try to clarify the function of marker characters based on your definition "[]{}".

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IF current character is not part of a string or comment THEN
   IF current character is equal to [ THEN
      search for ] or linebreak
      IF ] found THEN
         highlight all characters between [ and ]
      ENDIF
   ELSE IF current character is equal to { THEN
      search for } or linebreak
      IF } found THEN
         highlight all characters between { and }
      ENDIF
   ENDIF
ENDIF

Maybe a real string or a comment inside [...] or {...} is also a break condition for the search for ] or }. I have not tried it. However, what you want - highlighting of nested marker strings - is actually not possible.

So you have to write a feature request by email to IDM for it. From a programers view, it should be possible to code nested marker strings.