[ jEdit-devel ] [ jedit-Patches-3019042 ] Update for Stata-edit mode

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Patches item #3019042, was opened at 2010-06-21 12:13
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Priority: 5
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Submitted By: goebbe (goebbe)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Update for Stata-edit mode

Initial Comment:
The attached patch provides an update for the STATA edit mode.
The following changes have been made:
- clean up for old "exclude_match"
- delete the "whitespace" - which isn't used any more
- enable functions( )
- restructure the file in order to fix toggle range comment
- enable highlighting of file-commands (save, use...) everywhere in the file - not only at the start of the line
- Stata is case-sensitive
- minor clean up for "macro"-variables
- major rewrite for strings, macros, quotes
- a couple of minor fixes

The attached stata.xml is meant to replace the syntax highlighting provided by 
statado.xml AND stataado.xml.

The following lines should be added to the CATALOG: 
<MODE NAME="stata"     FILE="stata.xml"
FILE_NAME_GLOB="*.{do,ado,mata}" />

Explanation: 
Stata uses three different file extensions: .do .ado .mata. Because of problems caused by the extensive use of nested stings/quotes/macros that typically appear in .ado and .mata files, originally we have used two different edit modes:
statado.xml provided support for simple stings and macros. 
stataado.xml did disable highlighting for strings and macros in order to avoid problems. 

With the recent fixes to the strings/quotes/macros this split is not necessary anymore.
I tested the proposed stata.xml with a large sample of rather complicated stata-files (.do,.ado,.mata) and I did not run into problems - so strings/quotes/macros seem to be rather robust - and I feel confident to proposed the changes for inclusion into Jedit.  

After the inclusion of stata.xml
the following edito modes are not needed anymore:
statado.xml  
stataado.xml
The corresponding lines from the CATALOG can be deleted, too.  

Please let me know if you have any suggestions. 

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>Comment By: goebbe (goebbe)
Date: 2010-08-18 09:21

Message:
Since the update provided an important extension and fixes to the
stata-edit mode, it would be great if the update to the stata-edit mode
could make it.
If there are modifications necessary, please let me know. 
The attached files have been tested on a large rage of files and validated
via the xml plugin. 

If I understood correctly deleting files cannot be achieved by a batch? 

It would be great if somebody with commit rights could: 
remove statado.xml
remove stataado.xml
include the updated stata.xml
apply the attached patch to the catalog file

Sorry for the inconvenience - future updates will be provided via
patch-files. 

Please let me know, if you have any comments/suggestions. 

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Comment By: goebbe (goebbe)
Date: 2010-07-07 08:01

Message:
I tried to get a diff using svn. However the new/deleted files are not
included in the diff.  I am still a complete newbie to svn, sorry. 

Will attach the diff for the catalog file-

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Comment By: goebbe (goebbe)
Date: 2010-07-06 12:30

Message:
An updated version of the patch has been submitted: 
The following changes have been made: 
- new: "mata-environment" with adapted list of keywords
- new: "semicolon-environment" - span certain comments until the next
semicolon 
- // and /// comments require leading whitespace when they are not at the
start of the line
- add command for creating global macro variables

As always the new stata.xml has been tested on a wide range of .do .ado
.mata files. 

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Comment By: goebbe (goebbe)
Date: 2010-07-02 08:03

Message:
An updated version of the patch has been submitted: 
The following changes have been made: 
- recognise time-series operators
- full scope for macro variables
- do not highlight keyword in official file-endings
- a couple of smaller fixes

The new stata.xml has been tested on a wide range of .do .ado. mata files
that are delivered with Stata. In addition it has been tested by me and
some colleagues that use Stata extensively. 

I would be nice if the file could be integrated in Jedit.

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