Notepad++ edit existing (C++) syntax

[Андрей Счастливый]

Hi!
I ask experts to tell me how to edit the existing (C++) syntax in Notepad++ or add to it - so that parameters that start with $ (for example, $PAR1) are highlighted in a separate color?

[Alan Kilborn]

@Андрей-Счастливый said in Notepad++ edit existing (C++) syntax:

parameters that start with $ (for example, $PAR1) are highlighted in a separate color?

Is this a valid C++ syntax?
Can you show some examples if you think so?

You might have luck with the EnhanceAnyLexer plugin, but I don’t think you’ll be able to do what you wish with the Notepad++ processing of C++.

[rdipardo]

@Alan-Kilborn said in Notepad++ edit existing (C++) syntax:

Is this a valid C++ syntax?

Lexilla has optional support for it:

lexer.cpp.allow.dollars	Set to 0 to disallow the ‘$’ character in identifiers with the cpp lexer.

https://www.scintilla.org/SciTEDoc.html

Since the default is 1, and the editor does not disable it , C/C++ identifiers containing $ should already appear valid to the lexer. The only problem is the lack of special styling. The plugin recommended above would be sufficient for that.

[PeterJones]

@Alan-Kilborn said in Notepad++ edit existing (C++) syntax:

Is this a valid C++ syntax?

it’s a “tolerated” extension to standard C++, as far as i can gather. [1]

[Alan Kilborn]

Yuck to using $ in such a way in C++ – is that really needed? (purely a rhetorical question since this is not the forum for it).