[SOLVED]Syntax highlighting

Chris Kawa

Hi,

Is there a way to tune the syntax highlighter a little better? It often seems kinda random and I'm not sure the rules are the proper ones for c++.

Some examples:

QString variable;
someOtherVariable = variable;

Type name and variable name are bold but it no longer applies below, where type is normal and variable is red and then normal again inside if statement:

QFile file("stuff");
if(file.open(QFile::ReadOnly) { /* ... */ }

And now the variable is violet:

widget -> setStylesheet("color: red");

And now a bogus keyword is recognized:

widget . setStylesheet("color: red");

And now the variable and method are blue and string is not recognized anymore:

widget -> setStylesheet("QWidget { color: red; }");

tekojo

It tries to identify the language. And it does that for every snippet.

I'll take a look how to make it more consistent.

tekojo

Looks like the only reliable way is to use the triple backtick with the language:

```cpp

QString variable;
someOtherVariable = variable;
QFile file("stuff");
if(file.open(QFile::ReadOnly) { /* ... */ } 
widget -> setStylesheet("color: red");
widget . setStylesheet("color: red");
widget -> setStylesheet("QWidget { color: red; }");

QString variable;

someOtherVariable = variable;

QFile file("stuff");

if(file.open(QFile::ReadOnly) { /* ... */ }

widget -> setStylesheet("color: red");

widget . setStylesheet("color: red");

widget -> setStylesheet("QWidget { color: red; }");