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    • PeterJonesP
      PeterJones
      last edited by

      @Alan-Kilborn said:

      Doesn’t everyone have access to it ?

      I was originally going to phrase it as “easy access (ie, already installed/available on your machine)”. But what I really should have said was “I am just about to leave for the day, and don’t feel like downloading another piece of software and mussing about with getting it installed or otherwise running, and figuring out how to get it to behave in the manner that Eko has already proved he knows how to make it work”, so stuck with the shorthand of “have access to”. :-)

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      • EkopalypseE
        Ekopalypse
        last edited by

        Using this pythonscript results in something like the attached picture
        using Obsidian theme

        # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
        
        from Npp import editor, editor1, editor2, notepad, NOTIFICATION, SCINTILLANOTIFICATION, INDICATORSTYLE
        from collections import OrderedDict
        regexes = OrderedDict()
        
        # ------------------------------------------------- configuration area ---------------------------------------------------
        # id which is returned by editor.getLexer()
        BUILTIN_LEXER_ID = 6  # perl
        
        # Definition of colors and regular expressions
        #   Note, the order in which regular expressions will be processed is determined by its creation,
        #   that is, the first definition is processed first, then the 2nd, and so on
        #
        #   The basic structure always looks like this
        #
        #   regexes[(a, b)] = (c, d)
        #
        #   regexes = an ordered dictionary which ensures that the regular expressions are always processed in the same order
        #   a = a unique number - suggestion, start with 0 and always increase by one
        #   b = color is either in the form of (r,g,b) or a single integer without round brackets.
        #       It is assumed that a single integer reflects an existing style id of the current lexer
        #       as defined in stylers.xml -> benefit it works with different themes flawlessly (as long as the theme is correct, of course)
        #   c = raw byte string, describes the regular expression. Example r'\w+'
        #   d = list of ingegers -> using different match group results per regex
        
        # examples for enhancing the perl lexer
        # color every word instance of q|qq|qr|qw|qx|tr|y
        # with the same color as defined by style id 5 using result from matchgroup 0
        regexes[(1, 5)] = (r'\bq[rwqx]{0,1}\b([^\h]).*?\1|(\bq[rwqx]{0,1}\b\h+(\w).*?\3)', [0])
        regexes[(2, 5)] = (r'\bq[rwqx]{0,1}\b\h*(\(.+?\)|\[.+?\]|\{.+?\})', [0])
        # in the same color as defined by style id 5 using results from matchgroup 1 and 4
        regexes[(3, (130,130,170))] = (r'(?s)((<<)"*(\w+?)"*;.*?\3)', [2])
        regexes[(4, (130,130,170))] = (r'(?s)((<<)\h+"(\w+?)";.*?\3)', [2,3])
        
        # Definition of which area should not be styled
        # One needs to check the stylers.xml (or THEMENAME.xml) to be able to see which
        # ids are defined by the lexer in use and what there purposes are
        # Example: perl defines ids 0 to 21 (without 11, 15, and 16) (??? - historical reasons ???)
                # <LexerType name="perl" desc="Perl" ext="">
                    # <WordsStyle name="DEFAULT" styleID="0" fgColor="FF0000" ...
                    # <WordsStyle name="ERROR" styleID="1" fgColor="FF80C0" ...
                    # <WordsStyle name="COMMENT LINE" styleID="2" fgColor="008000" ...
                    # <WordsStyle name="POD" styleID="3" fgColor="000000" 
                    # <WordsStyle name="NUMBER" styleID="4" fgColor="FF0000" 
                    # <WordsStyle name="INSTRUCTION WORD" styleID="5" fgColor="0000FF"
                    # <WordsStyle name="STRING" styleID="6" fgColor="808080" 
                    # <WordsStyle name="CHARACTER" styleID="7" fgColor="808080" 
                    # <WordsStyle name="PUNCTUATION" styleID="8" fgColor="804000" 
                    # <WordsStyle name="PREPROCESSOR" styleID="9" fgColor="804000" 
                    # <WordsStyle name="OPERATOR" styleID="10" fgColor="000080" 
                    # <WordsStyle name="SCALAR" styleID="12" fgColor="FF8000" 
                    # <WordsStyle name="ARRAY" styleID="13" fgColor="CF34CF" 
                    # <WordsStyle name="HASH" styleID="14" fgColor="8080C0" 
                    # <WordsStyle name="SYMBOL TABLE" styleID="15" fgColor="FF0000" 
                    # <WordsStyle name="REGEX" styleID="17" fgColor="8080FF" 
                    # <WordsStyle name="REGSUBST" styleID="18" fgColor="8080C0" 
                    # <WordsStyle name="LONGQUOTE" styleID="19" fgColor="FF8000" 
                    # <WordsStyle name="BACKTICKS" styleID="20" fgColor="FFFF00" 
                    # <WordsStyle name="DATASECTION" styleID="21" fgColor="808080" 
                # </LexerType>
        
        # by definining 1 and 2 means, that a regex match would be ignored if the
        # position, which should be colored, has been styled as ERROR or COMMENT LINE
        excluded_styles = [1, 2]
        
        # ------------------------------------------------ /configuration area ---------------------------------------------------
        
        try:
            EnhanceBuiltinLexer().main()
        except NameError:
        
            SC_INDICVALUEBIT = 0x1000000
            SC_INDICFLAG_VALUEFORE = 1
        
        
            class SingletonEnhanceBuiltinLexer(type):
                '''
                    Ensures, more or less, that only one
                    instance of the main class can be instantiated
                '''
                _instance = None
                def __call__(cls, *args, **kwargs):
                    if cls._instance is None:
                        cls._instance = super(SingletonEnhanceBuiltinLexer, cls).__call__(*args, **kwargs)
                    return cls._instance
        
        
            class EnhanceBuiltinLexer(object):
                '''
                    Provides additional color options and should be used in conjunction with the built-in UDL function.
                    An indicator is used to avoid style collisions.
                    Although the Scintilla documentation states that indicators 0-7 are reserved for the lexers,
                    indicator 0 is used because UDL uses none internally.
        
                    Even when using more than one regex, it is not necessary to define more than one indicator
                    because the class uses the flag SC_INDICFLAG_VALUEFORE.
                    See https://www.scintilla.org/ScintillaDoc.html#Indicators for more information on that topic
                '''
                __metaclass__ = SingletonEnhanceBuiltinLexer
        
                def __init__(self):
                    '''
                        Instantiated the class,
                        because of __metaclass__ = ... usage, is called once only.
                    '''
                    editor.callbackSync(self.on_updateui, [SCINTILLANOTIFICATION.UPDATEUI])
                    notepad.callback(self.on_langchanged, [NOTIFICATION.LANGCHANGED])
                    notepad.callback(self.on_bufferactivated, [NOTIFICATION.BUFFERACTIVATED])
                    self.doc_is_of_interest = False
                    self.lexer_id = BUILTIN_LEXER_ID
                    self.configure()
        
        
                @staticmethod
                def rgb(r, g, b):
                    '''
                        Helper function
                        Retrieves rgb color triple and converts it
                        into its integer representation
        
                        Args:
                            r = integer, red color value in range of 0-255
                            g = integer, green color value in range of 0-255
                            b = integer, blue color value in range of 0-255
                        Returns:
                            integer
                    '''
                    return (b << 16) + (g << 8) + r
        
        
                @staticmethod
                def paint_it(color, matchgroups, match):
                    '''
                        This is where the actual coloring takes place.
                        Color, matchgroups and match object must be provided.
                        Matchgroups define which group(s) is(are) of interest
                        Coloring occurs only if the position is not within the excluded range.
        
                        Args:
                            color = integer, expected in range of 0-16777215
                            matchgroups = list of integers
                            match = python re.match object
                        Returns:
                            None
                    '''
                    for group in matchgroups:
                        pos = match.span(group)[0]
                        if pos < 0 or editor.getStyleAt(pos) in excluded_styles:
                            continue
                        editor.setIndicatorCurrent(0)
                        editor.setIndicatorValue(color)
                        editor.indicatorFillRange(pos, match.span(group)[1] - pos)
        
        
                def style(self):
                    '''
                        Calculates the text area to be searched for in the current document.
                        Deletes the old indicators before setting new ones and
                        calls the defined regexes.
        
                        Args:
                            None
                        Returns:
                            None
                    '''
                    start_line = editor.docLineFromVisible(editor.getFirstVisibleLine())
                    end_line = editor.docLineFromVisible(start_line + editor.linesOnScreen())
                    start_position = editor.positionFromLine(start_line)
                    end_position = editor.getLineEndPosition(end_line)
                    editor.setIndicatorCurrent(0)
                    editor.indicatorClearRange(0, editor.getTextLength())
                    for color, regex in self.regexes.items():
                        editor.research(regex[0],
                                        lambda match: self.paint_it(color[1],
                                                                    regex[1],
                                                                    match),
                                        0,
                                        start_position,
                                        end_position)
        
        
                def configure(self):
                    '''
                        Define basic indicator settings and reformat needed regexes.
        
                        Args:
                            None
                        Returns:
                            None
                    '''
                    editor1.indicSetStyle(0, INDICATORSTYLE.TEXTFORE)
                    editor1.indicSetFlags(0, SC_INDICFLAG_VALUEFORE)
                    editor2.indicSetStyle(0, INDICATORSTYLE.TEXTFORE)
                    editor2.indicSetFlags(0, SC_INDICFLAG_VALUEFORE)
        
                    regex_list = []
                    for k, v in regexes.items():
                        if isinstance(k[1], tuple):
                            fg_color = k[1]
                        else:
                            fg_color = editor.styleGetFore(k[1])
                        regex_list.append(((k[0], self.rgb(*fg_color) | SC_INDICVALUEBIT), v))
        
                    self.regexes = OrderedDict(regex_list)
        
        
        
                def check_lexer(self):
                    '''
                        Checks if the current document is of interest
                        and sets the flag accordingly
        
                        Args:
                            None
                        Returns:
                            None
                    '''
                    self.doc_is_of_interest = True if editor.getLexer() == self.lexer_id else False
        
        
                def on_bufferactivated(self, args):
                    '''
                        Callback which gets called every time one switches a document.
                        Triggers the check if the document is of interest.
        
                        Args:
                            provided by notepad object but none are of interest
                        Returns:
                            None
                    '''
                    self.check_lexer()
        
        
                def on_updateui(self, args):
                    '''
                        Callback which gets called every time scintilla
                        (aka the editor) changed something within the document.
        
                        Triggers the styling function if the document is of interest.
        
                        Args:
                            provided by scintilla but none are of interest
                        Returns:
                            None
                    '''
                    if self.doc_is_of_interest:
                        self.style()
        
        
                def on_langchanged(self, args):
                    '''
                        Callback gets called every time one uses the Language menu to set a lexer
                        Triggers the check if the document is of interest
        
                        Args:
                            provided by notepad object but none are of interest
                        Returns:
                            None
                    '''
                    self.check_lexer()
        
        
                def main(self):
                    '''
                        Main function entry point.
                        Simulates two events to enforce detection of current document
                        and potential styling.
        
                        Args:
                            None
                        Returns:
                            None
                    '''
                    self.on_bufferactivated(None)
                    self.on_updateui(None)
        
            EnhanceBuiltinLexer().main()
        
        

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        • Gilles MaisonneuveG
          Gilles Maisonneuve @Ekopalypse
          last edited by

          @Ekopalypse
          Woaw! that seems wonderful.

          Small question however, as I don’t have a clue about all what you wrote: how do I make this work for me? I don’t know Python, have no Python IDE or language installed on my machine. What should I do to make n++ uses this Python “trick” ?

          Thanks anyway for the work.

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          • EkopalypseE
            Ekopalypse @Gilles Maisonneuve
            last edited by Ekopalypse

            @Gilles-Maisonneuve

            may I ask you to post your debug info? (available under ? menu)
            to see which version of npp you are using and how you have set it up?
            This would make it easier to describe what needs to be done.

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            • Meta ChuhM
              Meta Chuh moderator @Gilles Maisonneuve
              last edited by

              @Gilles-Maisonneuve

              What should I do to make n++ uses this Python “trick” ?

              if you are already on notepad++ 7.6.3 or 7.6.4, the first thing you have to do, is to install the pythonscript plugin ,
              by following the Guide: How to install the PythonScript plugin on Notepad++ 7.6.3, 7.6.4 and above:

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              • Gilles MaisonneuveG
                Gilles Maisonneuve @Ekopalypse
                last edited by

                @Ekopalypse
                Here it is :
                Notepad++ v7.3.2 (32-bit)
                Build time : Feb 12 2017 - 23:15:39
                Path : C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\notepad++.exe
                Admin mode : OFF
                Local Conf mode : OFF
                OS : Windows 7 (64-bit)
                Plugins : ComparePlugin.dll CustomizeToolbar.dll DSpellCheck.dll HTMLTag_unicode.dll MathPad.dll MenuIcons.dll mimeTools.dll NppCCompletionPlugin.dll NppColumnSort.dll NppExec.dll NppExport.dll NppSaveAsAdmin.dll NppTextFX.dll PluginManager.dll regrexplace.dll SessionMgr.dll

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                • Gilles MaisonneuveG
                  Gilles Maisonneuve @Meta Chuh
                  last edited by

                  @Meta-Chuh

                  All right I am going to migrate right away and I come back to give back my new debug info

                  @Ekopalypse : please do not take into account my previous information for the moment.

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                  • Meta ChuhM
                    Meta Chuh moderator @Gilles Maisonneuve
                    last edited by Meta Chuh

                    @Gilles-Maisonneuve

                    note that if you update your old 7.3.2 version with the 7.6.4 installer from >>> here <<<, you will need to reinstall your plugins using the new built in plugins admin menu.

                    (or migrate your old plugins manually, or with a script, what ever you decide to be the easiest for you. we will help you with that)

                    if you go for the batch script variant, the best script would be @dinkumoil 's MigrateNppPlugins.cmd, as it will migrate all past notepad++ releases, with all the different plugin folder structures that have existed.

                    you can find his MigrateNppPlugins.cmd script >>> here <<<

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                    • Gilles MaisonneuveG
                      Gilles Maisonneuve
                      last edited by Gilles Maisonneuve

                      Notepad++ v7.6.4 (64-bit)
                      Build time : Mar 6 2019 - 02:58:24
                      Path : C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe
                      Admin mode : OFF
                      Local Conf mode : OFF
                      OS : Windows 7 (64-bit)
                      Plugins : ComparePlugin.dll DSpellCheck.dll HTMLTag.dll mimeTools.dll NppConverter.dll PluginManager.dll _CustomizeToolbar.dll

                      Note that the plugins installed by the additional plugin manager under C:\Users\gm\AppData\Roaming\Notepad++\plugins are not listed here. Only the ones installed under C:\Program Files\Notepad++\plugins are listed in debug info.

                      Additional plugins are :

                      total 3824
                      drw-rw-rw-   7 gm 0   12288 2019-03-15 01:55 config
                      drw-rw-rw-   3 gm 0       0 2019-03-15 01:44 doc
                      -rw-rw-rw-   1 gm 0  708096 2019-03-15 01:45 HexEditor.dll
                      drw-rw-rw-  15 gm 0    4096 2019-03-15 01:44 MenuIcons
                      -rw-rw-rw-   1 gm 0  125952 2019-03-15 01:45 MenuIcons.dll
                      -rw-rw-rw-   1 gm 0  368128 2019-03-15 01:55 NppSaveAsAdmin.dll
                      -rw-rw-rw-   1 gm 0  611328 2019-03-15 01:47 PluginManager.dll
                      drw-rw-rw-   4 gm 0       0 2019-03-15 01:44 PythonScript
                      -rw-rw-rw-   1 gm 0 1655808 2019-03-15 01:45 PythonScript.dll
                      -rw-rw-rw-   1 gm 0  130048 2019-03-15 01:45 RunMe.dll
                      -rw-rw-rw-   1 gm 0  287744 2019-03-15 01:45 SessionMgr.dll
                      

                      Let me know if you need more information. It’s late now (>2AM) for me in Europe, I might not answer you until tomorrow.

                      Have a pleasant night.

                      Gilles

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                      • Gilles MaisonneuveG
                        Gilles Maisonneuve
                        last edited by

                        PS: corrected the python script installation: remove all from AppData, installed new under n++ install dire as explained by Meta Chuh:

                        +$ ls -l "C:\Program Files\Notepad++"\py*
                        -rw-rw-rw-  1 gm 0 3428352 2018-04-30 18:44 C:\Program Files\Notepad++\python27.dll
                        +$ ls -lr "C:\Program Files\Notepad++\plugins\PythonScript"
                        total 1684
                        drw-rw-rw-   3 gm 0       0 2019-03-15 02:11 scripts
                        -rw-rw-rw-   1 gm 0 1655808 2018-10-09 20:19 PythonScript.dll
                        drw-rw-rw-  18 gm 0   65536 2019-03-15 02:11 lib
                        

                        Is that all right ?

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                        • Meta ChuhM
                          Meta Chuh moderator @Gilles Maisonneuve
                          last edited by

                          @Gilles-Maisonneuve

                          Note that the plugins installed by the additional plugin manager under C:\Users\gm\AppData\Roaming\Notepad++\plugins are not listed here. Only the ones installed under C:\Program Files\Notepad++\plugins are listed in debug info.

                          yes, see the post above yours.

                          additional info:
                          the old plugin manager is not compatible with any notepad++ versions above 7.5.9. do not migrate or use this plugin, as it will write to the wrong folder locations.
                          for all newer plugins, please use the new built in plugins admin.
                          (plugins which are not listed in plugins admin will have to be installed manually, as they either have not been submitted to the official list by the plugin author, or they are trickier to install, like the pythonscript plugin, requiring python27.dll in the notepad++ binary folder)

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                          • EkopalypseE
                            Ekopalypse @Gilles Maisonneuve
                            last edited by Ekopalypse

                            @Gilles-Maisonneuve

                            looks good - now to make this work I would do the following.
                            Goto Plugins->Python Script->New Script, give it a meaningful name
                            and copy/paste the posted script. Save.
                            Next, set the PythonScript Initialisation from LAZY to ATSTARTUP
                            (Plugins->Python Script->Configuration)
                            While having the configuration window open, you see the new script in the
                            Scripts area if User Scripts is checked.
                            In addition you see two sections, Menu items and Toolbar icons.
                            If you add it to one or both of it, it will appear in the main Plugin->PythonScript menu
                            and at the toolbar (after npp restart)
                            This setting would allow it to manually start the script and do its job. Only one start
                            is needed and every document with an active perl lexer should be handled.

                            There is an additional step to be done if you want to have the script started automatically
                            every time npp starts. If you want to do this, then create another new script and
                            name it startup.py (name is important and DO NOT USE the already available
                            startup.py as this file might be overwritten once you update pythonscript plugin).
                            In the NEWLY created startup.py put one line of code
                            import NAME_OF_THE_SCRIPT_WITHOUT_EXTENSION
                            like
                            import EnhancePerlLexer (note, python is case sensitive).

                            If you want to modify/extend the script it should be only needed to change/add
                            something within the configuration area.
                            For example you want to change the color, add another regex or modify an existing one.

                            As usual, I failed doing a proper documentation. The line
                            # in the same color as defined by style id 5 using results from matchgroup 1 and 4
                            doesn’t make sense anymore.
                            Should be something like # own defined color and non-default match group(s) used

                            If there is anything unclear or you need help to modify the script to your needs or the
                            script is not exactly working as you like, do not hesitate to ask. Just a side note, npp
                            uses a PCRE2 compatible regex engine, it is not the exact perl regex version, so don’t
                            be confused when there are slightly different syntactical differences.

                            Have fun.

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                            • EkopalypseE
                              Ekopalypse
                              last edited by Ekopalypse

                              Short note before leaving home - a quick way to identify which style/color is used at a
                              certain position is to use this two commands in either a script or at the console
                              (if used within a script, put a print before each line)

                              editor.getStyleAt(editor.getCurrentPos())
                              editor.styleGetFore(editor.getStyleAt(editor.getCurrentPos()))
                              

                              In the example the caret was set at line 2 just before the shift operator.
                              Note, caret needs to be set before or within a word but not at the end.
                              And note, this doesn’t return what the enhancement script does as this is
                              using indicators and not style api.

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                              • Gilles MaisonneuveG
                                Gilles Maisonneuve @Ekopalypse
                                last edited by

                                @Ekopalypse
                                Did what you wrote, got no result (no visible one I mean).

                                But perhaps the color you defined in the script (can’t find how you did it) is the same as the one I already had (white).
                                Both the ‘<<’ operator and the q* ones are in white (on my blue background defined by the vim Dark Blue theme) which matches absolutely nothing (not a single catégorie) of my Perl coloring scheme not of my Global Styles… funny.

                                We’ll see that perhaps next week (or this we if you’re at home) when (if) you have time.
                                Thanks for all.

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                                • EkopalypseE
                                  Ekopalypse @Gilles Maisonneuve
                                  last edited by

                                  @Gilles-Maisonneuve

                                  maybe we check first if your pythonscript plugin installation is working correctly.
                                  Can you open the console (Plugins->Python Script->Show Console)?
                                  Do you see something like

                                  Python 2.7.15 (v2.7.15:ca079a3ea3, Apr 30 2018, 16:30:26) [MSC v.1500 64 bit (AMD64)]
                                  Initialisation took 78ms
                                  Ready.
                                  

                                  ?
                                  If so, can you type the following into the edit box at the bottom and press enter or run button?

                                  notepad.new()
                                  

                                  What happened?

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                                  • EkopalypseE
                                    Ekopalypse @Gilles Maisonneuve
                                    last edited by Ekopalypse

                                    @Gilles-Maisonneuve

                                    We’ll see that perhaps next week (or this we if you’re at home) when (if) you have time.

                                    I assume that I’m online again in about 16-20hours, mostly depends on what
                                    my BOSS wants me to do in the garden :-D

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                                    • Gilles MaisonneuveG
                                      Gilles Maisonneuve @Ekopalypse
                                      last edited by

                                      @Ekopalypse
                                      Hello, I’m back

                                      Did the test for Python.

                                      Got:

                                      Python 2.7.15 (v2.7.15:ca079a3ea3, Apr 30 2018, 16:30:26) [MSC v.1500 64 bit (AMD64)]
                                      Initialisation took 359ms
                                      Ready.
                                      >>> ?
                                      File "<console>", line 1
                                      ?
                                      ^
                                      SyntaxError: invalid syntax
                                      >>> notepad.new()
                                      

                                      It opened a new window. I changed the language of that window to ‘Perl’ (from 'Normal ‘Text’) but still the qr, qx, … remains in white which is none of Perl defined color for my 'vim dark blue" theme.
                                      Is the color defined in your Python script ? And if so, where and how ?

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                                      • EkopalypseE
                                        Ekopalypse @Gilles Maisonneuve
                                        last edited by

                                        @Gilles-Maisonneuve

                                        Having a break right now - currently there is a lot to do at work so can’t really monitor
                                        the community site.
                                        First, great it looks like pythonscript has been correctly installed. I assume that notepad.new
                                        resulted in a new document, hasn’t it?
                                        When you say you changed the doc to perl and nothing happened, does it mean you
                                        executed the script afterwards as well or did you choose to use the automatically start?
                                        Maybe give a short description about how you created the script, like the name and settings you chose and the workflow how it should get started.

                                        If you haven’t changed anything within the script then those lines define the color

                                        regexes[(1, 5)] = (r'\bq[rwqx]{0,1}\b([^\h]).*?\1|(\bq[rwqx]{0,1}\b\h+(\w).*?\3)', [0])
                                        regexes[(2, 5)] = (r'\bq[rwqx]{0,1}\b\h*(\(.+?\)|\[.+?\]|\{.+?\})', [0])
                                        
                                        regexes[(3, (130,130,170))] = (r'(?s)((<<)"*(\w+?)"*;.*?\3)', [2])
                                        regexes[(4, (130,130,170))] = (r'(?s)((<<)\h+"(\w+?)";.*?\3)', [2,3])
                                        

                                        The first two, 1 and 2, would use the same color of style id 5 as defined by your used theme.
                                        The next two, 3 and 4, explicitly define a color of (130,130,170) = rgb values.

                                        So, at least the heredoc should be painted in a violet/gray color.

                                        Working for another ~5 hour - so will be online in about ~8 hours again.

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                                        • Gilles MaisonneuveG
                                          Gilles Maisonneuve @Ekopalypse
                                          last edited by

                                          @Ekopalypse

                                          • list itemWhen I said " I changed the language of that window to ‘Perl’ ", I meant I specifically changed the language for that newly created window (the one creatd by python with “notepad.new()”) to Perl syntax and then entered some perl statements (namely qx, qr, qq) and the color was white.

                                          • then I executed the python script (manually, not in auto, suspecting autorun might not work) on (having the focus on) both Windows : the new one and the one with the previous Perl code I had in screen copy in one of my messages above. In both cases I could not get the color else than white.

                                          Going to revert my theme to default one and also change the colors by hand in your code (Python) then re-execute everything.
                                          I’ll let you know.

                                          Don’t bother too much w/ my pb, concentrate on your job. I don’t want to be a pain in the neck for you just for a small detail. It’s just that I’d like to understand why it works for you and not for me, nasty curiosity.

                                          Gilles

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                                            Gilles Maisonneuve @Gilles Maisonneuve
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                                            PS: did it, correction the color is not white but very light yellow
                                            I commented out color code in your py script, changed to 0 0 0 RGB, NO CHANGE when I execute the script again (saved, changed thme back to default, left n++, restarted it, executed the py script manually… no change…)

                                            bit confused.

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