Re: [TeXstudio-list] [Texstudio-list] How to create a new syntax hl file for dtx files

[Tim H. <hof...@hi...>]

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Tim Hoffmann [mailto:hof...@hi...]
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 9. Mai 2012 20:16
> An: tex...@li...
> Betreff: Re: [TeXstudio-list] [Texstudio-list] How to create a new syntax
hl file
> for dtx files
> 
> > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> > Von: Matthias Pospiech [mailto:mat...@gm...]
> > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 9. Mai 2012 19:13
> > An: tex...@li...
> > Betreff: Re: [TeXstudio-list] [Texstudio-list] How to create a new
> > syntax
> hl file
> > for dtx files
> >
> > Am 08.05.2012 22:20, schrieb Benito van der Zander:
> > > Since the qnfa is a xml file itself,<  is not allowed in text (see
> > > also xml.qnfa).
> > >
> > > <word parenthesis="block:open@nocomplete" parenthesisWeight="30"
> > > fold="1" indent="1" ambiguous="true"
> > > format="dtxMacrocode">&lt;\*[A-Za-z]&gt;</word>
> > > <word parenthesis="block:close@nocomplete" parenthesisWeight="30"
> > > fold="1" indent="1" format="dtxMacrocode">&lt;/[A-Za-z]&gt;</word>
> > >
> > >
> > > should work (not tested).
> > I added your code and recompiled, but the xml like statements are not
> > highlighted.
> Add a + behind [A-Za-z]. The present code will just match single character
> commands like <*A>

Btw, if there is only a fixed set of commands, you could highlight only them
and not all commands that match your regex. See e.g. the picture environment
for an implementation using a for loop to define the allowed commands.