Re: [ jEdit-devel ] SPAN_REGEXP-Modefile issue

[Kazutoshi S. <k_s...@f2...>]

Johannes Wotzka wrote:
> has anyone found a reason yet?

I guess there is no reason not to implement regex match for END of
SPAN_REGEXP.

> Ich tried a bit to write a small patch, but this 
> has to be done by somebody who knows the source, not too easy to 
> unterstand this hole parser-system.

Since jEdit is an open source project and the code is quite old and
the original author of the system (Slava) had left the development,
everyone is on the same position to understand the system. It is
hardly possible that someone who don't have strong motivation starts
working for you.

To make things better as possible, I hope you to leave more
information about your trial, for later work which may be done by
someone else, or me, or you again.

Could you please let us know what specific part of the code you felt
hard to understand? (Some class? method? or lack of comments? naming?
or coding style?)

> I think the performance-argument is not so bad, but do you think it is 
> possible to let the coder choose wheter he want or he dont want end-regex.

Existing END element may contain meta-characters for regex. Thus it
should be optional. I think the selection can be safely added by
introducing a new attribute for END element.


Best regards.
-- 
k_satoda