[ruby-talk:13867] Re: BlackAdder for Ruby (scintilla rules)

At 01:45 AM 4/19/2001, Wyss Clemens wrote:
>Shawn,
>we (that is comp.lang.ruby ;-) ) would like to provide you with the Ruby
>scintilla rules. Could you give me a description of the "scinitilla-syntax"
>and possibly the Python scintialla rules file?
>I will then try to create the Ruby pendant as fast as possible.
>Will I be able to test the scintialla (syntax coloring- and folding-) rules
>in the current BlackAdder version (by faking the "Python"-mode)?
>
>Regards
>Clemens

That would be terrific :).

What you need to do is get the Scintilla and Scite sources from 
www.scintilla.org. You implement support for a new language by writing a C 
module and linking it in. They will end up with a version of Scite (using 
either Windows or Gtk) that supports Ruby. We then lift the new module and 
put it into BlackAdder.

I understand there is at least some support for Ruby already in Scite, so 
there should be something there that you can work from and not have to work 
from scratch.  Also keep in mind that I'm just regurgitating the 
information from my programmers, I don't have any personal knowledge of the 
inner workings of scintilla.

Thanks for the assistance.


Regards,

Shawn Gordon
President
theKompany.com
www.thekompany.com
949-713-3276