Endless Discussion: PHP 5 syntax highlighting
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I'm really wondering why it would be so difficult to put some php 5 hihglighting in there?
I've tried it myself, and the only thing which didn't let me finish the task, was because of the limit of words that the container could contain: php has too many keywords for Notepad++.
Highlighting all the functions couldn't be easier to update, they're all on one simple page:
http://www.php.net/manual/en/indexes.php#index.functions
Keywords are found here:
http://www.php.net/manual/en/reserved.php
Another problem in Notepad++ is the lack of possibilities for signs like "-" and such...
$this->variable is a variabele too, but you can't let it highlight as one thing, because "-" is a separator too!
It's a question that one keeps asking on this forums... It's the only thing too I'm waiting for since two years, because I really want to like Notepad++, and let it be the one program against Eclipse PHP that is portable, quick and stable... And a little bit more light-weight :p
I'm a student Informatics at the KULeuven, and I'm kinda just waiting for this one little thing: good php5 support, because Notepad++ just stays in the age of php3, which is kinda... Keep up the good work, folks, but please, PHP 5 isn't that new, why stay with php 3?
Let me know if you wanna try to work this one out... metalarend (at) hotmail (dot) com
Greetings from Belgium,
MetalArend.
Notepad++ will try to follow the newest keywords defined in new version of each supported languages, but not all the set of function words.
You can modify langs.xml to put all keywords you want in your beloved language section.
(It is tested with the given function words, no memory limit).
Don