Hello, everyone.
I would like to know how to extend the syntax styling to highlight a proprietary syntax in my code. When I author html emails, I use the command "%link=%" to denote trackable links like so: <a href="%link=http://www.link.com/%">Link Text Here</a>
I would like the text "%link=http://www.link.com/%" to be highlighted in blue or something obvious so that I can quickly scan my code to see which links are tracking and which ones aren't. I have tried reading through the TextMate HowTo's and Documentation to learn about extending language grammars in my custom bundle, but I can't make sense of it. Can someone tell me what I need to do to make this happen?
Here is what I was reading: http://manual.macromates.com/en/language_grammars
Thanks, in advance. -- Graden Hudson Graphic Designer Wellness Council of America 9802 Nicholas Street, Ste. 315 | Omaha, NE 68114 Phone: 402.827.3590 | Fax: 402.827.3594 ghudson@welcoa.org | www.welcoa.org
On 5 Nov 2009, at 00:06, Graden Hudson wrote:
I would like to know how to extend the syntax styling to highlight a proprietary syntax in my code [...] Here is what I was reading: http://manual.macromates.com/en/language_grammars
That is indeed the canonical guide explaining how grammars work.
So how much were you able to follow? Do you know regular expressions? Did you find the existing HTML grammar and look at that?
Hi, Allan. Thanks for jumping in to help me.
I was able to sort of understand some things like I am obviously going to have to declare a pattern (begins with "%link=" ends with "%"), but when I read about rule keys like "name" and "match", I am lost. I am primarily an HTML/CSS guy, and I do not delve much into other languages just yet.
Here's a line of code in the example that I simply do not understand, at all: 7 match = '\b(if|while|for|return)\b';
I did look at the existing HTML grammar, but that did not make much sense to me, either. Should I start somewhere else in the manual? I think I'm missing some basic concepts here.
Thanks, again, for your help. -- Graden Hudson Graphic Designer Wellness Council of America 9802 Nicholas Street, Ste. 315 | Omaha, NE 68114 Phone: 402.827.3590 | Fax: 402.827.3594 ghudson@welcoa.org | www.welcoa.org
From: Allan Odgaard mailinglist@textmate.org Reply-To: TextMate users textmate@lists.macromates.com Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2009 04:47:47 +0100 To: TextMate users textmate@lists.macromates.com Subject: [TxMt] Re: How To Highlight Custom Syntax
On 5 Nov 2009, at 00:06, Graden Hudson wrote:
I would like to know how to extend the syntax styling to highlight a proprietary syntax in my code [...] Here is what I was reading: http://manual.macromates.com/en/language_grammars
That is indeed the canonical guide explaining how grammars work.
So how much were you able to follow? Do you know regular expressions? Did you find the existing HTML grammar and look at that?
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On Nov 6, 2009, at 10:57 AM, Graden Hudson wrote:
Here's a line of code in the example that I simply do not understand, at all: 7 match = '\b(if|while|for|return)\b';
I did look at the existing HTML grammar, but that did not make much sense to me, either. Should I start somewhere else in the manual? I think I'm missing some basic concepts here.
If that makes no sense to you, you'll probably want to look at the section on Regular Expressions.
http://manual.macromates.com/en/regular_expressions#regular_expressions
I won't lie to you. It gets much, much worse than the example above. :)
From reading the Introduction (which I feel I understand), it looks like
this is a great start. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. -- Graden Hudson Graphic Designer Wellness Council of America 9802 Nicholas Street, Ste. 315 | Omaha, NE 68114 Phone: 402.827.3590 | Fax: 402.827.3594 ghudson@welcoa.org | www.welcoa.org
From: Rob McBroom mailinglist0@skurfer.com Reply-To: TextMate users textmate@lists.macromates.com Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2009 14:38:02 -0500 To: TextMate users textmate@lists.macromates.com Subject: [TxMt] Re: How To Highlight Custom Syntax
On Nov 6, 2009, at 10:57 AM, Graden Hudson wrote:
Here's a line of code in the example that I simply do not understand, at all: 7 match = '\b(if|while|for|return)\b';
I did look at the existing HTML grammar, but that did not make much sense to me, either. Should I start somewhere else in the manual? I think I'm missing some basic concepts here.
If that makes no sense to you, you'll probably want to look at the section on Regular Expressions.
http://manual.macromates.com/en/regular_expressions#regular_expressions
I won't lie to you. It gets much, much worse than the example above. :)
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