I would like to suggest a way to use regular expressions inside the /C1, /C2, /C3, etc. sections.
The language we use most with our work is Foxpro, which notoriously reuses keywords.
For example, "alias" is both a function and a flag for the "use" command.
If I had all of my commands and flags the color green and my functions the color red, the following line would look kind of funky:
It currently looks like this, with the colors in brackets applying to the previous word:
use shared f:\salesdata\terms alias salesterms
? alias("salesterms")
Where I would want it too look like this:
use shared f:\salesdata\terms alias salesterms
? alias("salesterms")
If I were able to specify as the criteria in the /C section for commands:
it would work like I want it too.
This requires giving the things that we want used in this regex, so I guess it would look similar to the replace section of the find and replace.
In my example above, the part after the pipe (it wouldn't have to be a pipe!) would be what to highlight.
Alternatively, if I wanted the flags to be a different color from the command, I could split the example into two /C sections.
This would give:
use shared f:\salesdata\terms alias salesterms
? alias("salesterms")
Also, I haven't seen how v15 does colors, but I've heard its in the wordfile. Please excuse my formating above for the colors.
What does everyone think about this?
(BTW: I submitted this as a suggestion to IDM today.)
The language we use most with our work is Foxpro, which notoriously reuses keywords.
For example, "alias" is both a function and a flag for the "use" command.
If I had all of my commands and flags the color green and my functions the color red, the following line would look kind of funky:
Code: Select all
use shared f:\salesdata\terms alias salesterms
? alias("salesterms")
use shared f:\salesdata\terms alias salesterms
? alias("salesterms")
Where I would want it too look like this:
use shared f:\salesdata\terms alias salesterms
? alias("salesterms")
If I were able to specify as the criteria in the /C section for commands:
Code: Select all
^(use^)*^(shared^)*^(alias^)|^1 ^2 ^3
This requires giving the things that we want used in this regex, so I guess it would look similar to the replace section of the find and replace.
In my example above, the part after the pipe (it wouldn't have to be a pipe!) would be what to highlight.
Alternatively, if I wanted the flags to be a different color from the command, I could split the example into two /C sections.
Code: Select all
/C1"Commands"
<color blue>
^(use^)*^(shared^)*^(alias^)|^1
/C2"Flags"
<color green>
^(use^)*^(shared^)*^(alias^)|^2 ^3
/C3"Functions"
<color red>
^(alias^)(
use shared f:\salesdata\terms alias salesterms
? alias("salesterms")
Also, I haven't seen how v15 does colors, but I've heard its in the wordfile. Please excuse my formating above for the colors.
What does everyone think about this?
(BTW: I submitted this as a suggestion to IDM today.)
