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How to write custome syntax highlighter

Posted by giridhart on 2009-09-24 00:17
OS: Windows XP Pro

Hi,
I checked existing syntax files in "ActiveState Komodo Edit 5\lib\mozilla\components" and able to get an idea on writing syntax files.

But is there a tutorial available for writing syntax files?

I'm trying to write assembler syntax highlighter for ARM assembler.
In ARM assembly cpu instructions are specified with {prefix}{suffix}
can I add instructions easily in this scenario?

Regards,
/G

There are two sources of information
ericp | Thu, 2009-09-24 10:39

I wrote a tutorial for writing and installing new extensions. The part
about writing them in Luddite still holds, but you should use the
koext utility to build and install them.

Unfortunately we changed blog providers recently, and I can't find
the tutorial I wrote. I still have the source, but need to update
it to show how to use sdk/bin/koext (you'll find that in your
Komodo install area). Also, the wayback machine won't find the
tutorial, as an entry in robots.txt stopped it from scanning old
blogs. So you can do what I do, and google
'luddite udl tutorial komodo site:community.activestate.com'

Once you have that down, find the koext Python script in
your Komodo installation dir, and type
'koext help' (or 'python koext help') for info on how to
build an installation.

I see it's time to finally update that tutorial...

- Eric

me too!
dreftymac | Thu, 2009-09-24 13:30

I'm sure there are others who would really appreciate this (even if they don't realize they need it yet). Here is another vote in favor if you ever decide you want to do another write-up.